Brazilian Styles of Music

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Chapters: Samba, Brazilian rock, Capoeira music, Punk in Brazil, Bossa nova, Funk carioca, Zouk-Lambada, Choro, Forró, Latin jazz, Maracatu, Tropicalismo, Brazilian football songs, Brazilian thrash metal, Batala, Frevo, Proibidão, Música Popular Brasileira, Jongo, Maxixe, Pagode, Música sertaneja, Axé music, Tecno brega, Jovem Guarda, Mangue Bit, Baião, Clube da Esquina, Tche music, Coco, Sambass, Samba rock, Lundu, Melodic funk, Far Out Recordings, Samba-canção, Afoxê. Excerpt: Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese. Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora Ney. The electric guitar was already used in Brazil in 1948, in Salvador carnival bloc of Dodô e Osmar. They invented the famous "pau elétrico" (English: ), the first electric guitar without microphonic feedback, with its typical acute color characteristic and sustained sound, no more similar to the previous jazzistic electric guitar models (then they developed another with two arms) and in 1949 they played carnival songs with this guitar at the first time in an open car named then "Trio Elétrico" on the Salvador streets (today in the big trucks with a very robust sound). In 1957 Miguel Gustavo wrote the first original rock 'n' roll song Rock and roll em Copacabana, recorded by Cauby Peixoto and #52 on the year's charts. In Brazil many bands continued to perform translations of English lyrics, though many avoided this problem by playing instrumental rock. Inspired by such instrumental bands Duane Eddy and The Champs, 1958 saw the release of the first Brazilian instrumental rock song, Here's the Blue Jean Rockers by The Blue Jean Rockers. Later that year, Bolão & His Rockettes recorded the first purely instrumental LP. This helped make rock the most popular style of Brazilian youth music. More bands, like The Avalons, The Clevers, The Rebels, The Jordans, The Jet Blacks, The Pops, Os Populares, The Bells, The Lions and The Youngs, arose. 1959 was a breakthrough year for Brazilian rock and roll as its pioneers emerged and became true stars. Out of thousands of performers, Nora Ney, Nick Savoia, Celly Campelo, Tony Campelo (Celly Campelo's brother), Lana Bittencourt, Demétrius, Cinderella, Regiane, Ronnie Cord and Hamilton di Giorgio climbed to success seemingly overnight. A number of i