Friday 17 August 2018

1962 the year that should have never ended...

Brazilianists and popular-culture high-brows have not found out yet but 1962 was the year that Brazil reached the top in excellence in many a field.

Best selling records of 1962 in São Paulo - 'Melodias' (Feb.63) research done by Fausto Macedo

78 rpms singles

1.  Amor Silvana & Rinaldo Calheiros (Copacabana)
2.  Suave é a noite (Tender is the night)  -  Moacyr Franco (Copacabana)
3.  Poema  -  Renato Guimarães (Chantecler)
4.  O trovador de Toledo (L’arlequin de Tolède)  -  Gilda Lopes (Odeon)
5.  Lembranças  -  Miltinho (RGE)

EPs & vinyl singles

1.  Let's twist again Chubby Checker (Parkway-Fermata)
2.  Dedicated to you (Ruby)  -  Ray Charles (Polydor)
3.  Bom mesmo é Miltinho  -  Miltinho (RGE)
4.  'S Continental  (Tico tico no fubá)  -  Ray Conniff  (Columbia)
5.  'S Different  (Beyond the blue horizon)  -  Ray Conniff (Columbia)

Albums (long-plays)

1.  'S Continental (La mer)  -  Ray Conniff (Columbia)
2.  Dedicated to you  (Stella by starlight)  -  Ray Charles (Polydor)
3.  Cantos de aves do Brasil  -  Johan Dalgas Frisch (Sabiá-Copacabana)
4.  Let’s twist again  -  Chubby Checker (Parkway-Fermata)
5.  Ouvindo-te com amor (Cantando)  -  Silvana & Rinaldo Calheiros (Copacabana)
'Correio da Manhã' - 21st October 1962.
'Correio da Manhã' - 2nd December 1962.

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