1961 was a very special year in my life. My family moved from Marília-SP, a small city 500 km west of São Paulo in the hinterlands. I had never so much music in my life and experienced so many different radio stations. The Uruguayana-RS family we moved in with listened to music during the whole day, something I had never seen before. Eurico & his brother and sisters listened mostly to Radio Bandeirantes, Radio Cultura and a Pinheiros local radio station called Radio Industrial Paulista. Radio Bandeirantes was the most powerful station; they played pop music 24 hours a day and counted the 25 best selling singles on Sunday mornings. Radio Cultura played 2 songs straight with no ads in between. Radio Industrial Paulista was so poor they didn't have commercial jingles pre-recorded by advertising companies but speakers read commercial messages into the microphones on the air having Ray Conniff records played in the background.
Singles - 78 rpm or 33 rpm vynil discs
1. Tú sabes - Martha Mendonça (Chantecler) 18
2. Faz me rir (Me dá risas) - Edith Veiga (Chantecler) 18
3. Flor do meu bairro - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 17
4. Não sabemos - Leila Silva (Chantecler) 16
5. Ansiedad - Nat King Cole (Capitol) 15
6. Folhas verdes de verão (Green leaves of summer) - Wilma Bentivegna (Odeon) 14
7. A noiva (La novia) - Angela Maria (Copacabana) 14
8. Moliendo café - Poly (Chantecler) 13
9. Coração de luto - Teixeirinha (Chantecler) 13
10. Bat Masterson - Carlos Gonzaga (RCA) 13
11. Orgulho - Carlos Galhardo (RCA) 11
12. Aquarela do Brasil - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 10
13. Poema do adeus - Miltinho (RGE) 10
14. I'm sorry - Brenda Lee (Decca-CBD) 9
15. My love for you - Johnny Mathis (Columbia) 9
16. Ciúme de tudo - Orlando Dias (Odeon) 9
17. Perdoa-me pelo bem que te quero - Orlando Dias (Odeon) 9
18. Look for a star - Garry Miles (London) 9
19. Itsy bitsy teenie winnie yellow polka-dot bikini - Ronnie Cord (Copacabana) 8
20. Wheels - Billy Vaugh (Dot-RGE) 8
21. Fica comigo esta noite - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 7
22. Queixas - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 7
23. Teu desprezo - Claudio de Barros 7
24. Ninguém é de ninguém - Cauby Peixoto (RCA) 7
25. Alguém é sempre bobo de alguém (Somebody's somebody's fool) - Wilson Miranda (Chantecler) 6
26. Matador (El matador) - Trio Irakitan 6
27. Tonight, my love tonight - Paul Anka (ABC-Polydor) 5
28. The apartment - Billy Vaughn (Dot-RGE) 5
29. Palhaçada - Miltinho (RGE) 4
30. Moço - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 4
31. Runaway - Del Shannon (London) 3
32. Não sei explicar (Gut Nacht Johnny) - Morgana (Copacabana) 3
33. Boato - Elza Soares (Odeon) 3
34. Beyond the blue horizon - Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield (Columbia) 3
35. Blue moon - The Marcels (Col-Pix) 3
36. Dolores - Anísio Silva (Odeon) 3
37. O beijo - Claudio de Barros (RCA) 3
38. Brasil já vai à guerra - Juca Chaves (RGE) 3
39. Calendar girl - Neil Sedaka (RCA) 3
40. Run Sansom run - Neil Sedaka (RCA) 3
41. Fantoche - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 3
42. Rancho das flores - Banda do Corpo de Bombeiros do Est da Guanabara (Odeon)
43. Nossos momentos - Elizeth Cardoso (Copacabana) 3
44. Nunca aos domingos ( ) Hebe Camargo (Odeon) 3
45. O bom menino - Carequinha (Copacabana) 3
46. Maria Helena - Roberto Vidas (RCA Camden) 2
47. Minha sogra - Nerino Silva (Chantecler) 2
48. Perdão para dois - Leila Silva (Chantecler) 2
49. Pepe - Angela Maria (Continental) 2
50. Rock do ratinho - Carequinha (Copacabana) 2
51. Are you lonesome tonight? - Elvis Presley (RCA)
52. Nuestro juramento - Trio Cristal (RGE)
53. Carta a Papai Noel - Maria Regina Cordovil (Copacabana)
54. Jingle bells - Luis Bordon (Chantecler)
55. Onde estarás? - Anísio Silva (Odeon)
56. Bolinha de papel - João Gilberto (Odeon)
57. Barquinho - Maysa (Columbia)
58. Eu e tu - Rosana Toledo (RCA)
59. Sambop - Leny de Andrade (RCA)
60. Poema - Renato Guimarães (Chantecler)
61. Amargo retorno - Trio Cristal (RGE)
62. Amor de mãe - Teixeirinha (Chantecler)
63. Agora - Alcides Gerardi (Columbia)
64. Solidão - Nubia Lafayette (RCA Camden)
65. Nem toda água do mar - José Orlando (Chantecler)
'The man with the golden arm' by Brazen Brass with Henry Jerome.
Paul Anka visited Brazil in Sept 1960; 'My home town' was his 1961 hit.
Extended-plays of 1961
1. Metais em brasa ('The man with the golden arm') - Henry Jerome (Decca) 18
2. Para enamorados ('My love for you', 'Greenfields') - various (Columbia) 12
3. 'S Love ('Tammy') - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 12
4. 'S Music - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 11
5. A meus fãs - Paul Anka (Polydor) 9
6. Tonight, my love tonight - Paul Anka (ABC-Polydor) 5
7. 'S Concert vol. 2 - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 6
8. Se meu apartamento falasse - Billy Vaughn (Dot-RGE) 6
9. Billy Vaughn no cinema - (Dot-RGE) 5
10. Meu último tango - Sarita Montiel (Hipavox-Columbia) 4
11. 'S Concert vol.3 - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 3
12. Brian Hyland (Itsy bitsy teenie mini yellow polka-dot bikini) (Kapp-Mocambo) 3
13. Ninguém é de ninguém - Agostinho dos Santos (RGE) 2
14. 'S Different - Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield (Columbia) 2
15. Moliendo café - Poly (Chantecler)
16. Run Sansom run - Neil Sedaka (RCA) 2
17. Orlando Dias (Tenho ciúme de tudo) - Orlando Dias 2
18. Seleção de ouro, vol.2 - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 2
19. As polegadas da mulata - Elza Soares (Odeon)
20. Poema do adeus - Miltinho (RGE)
21. Angela Maria e os sucessos do mundo (Pepe) (Continental) 2
22. Drink no Rio de Janeiro - Djalma Ferreira & seus Milionários do Ritmo (Drink)
23. Perdoa-me pelo bem que te quero - Orlando Dias (Odeon)
24. Wheels - Billy Vaughn (Dot-RGE)
25. O matador - Trio Irakitan (Odeon)
26. Metais em brasa vol. 2 - Henry Jerome (Decca)
27. Metais em brasa vol. 3 - Henry Jerome (Decca)
28. Veraneio (Theme of 'A summer place') - Percy Faith (Columbia)
29. It's now or never - Elvis Presley (RCA)
30. Exodus - The International Pop Orchestra (Cameo-Fermata)
31. Pocho em compacto ('Moliendo café) - Pocho (RGE)
'Concerto de Varsóvia' / 'Meu coração a ti pertence' / 'Poema'; 'Night and day'
'Tonight my love tonight' was Paul Anka's last hit.
Brian Hyland's 'Itsy bitsy teenie mini yellow polka-dot bikini'; Pocho plays 'Moliendo café'
Percy Faith's 'A summer place'; Billy Vaughn covers 'Never on Sunday' & 'Green leaves of summer'.
Albums (long-plays) of 1961
1. Metais em brasa - Henry Jerome (Decca) 18
2. 'S Music - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 14
3. 'S Love - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 13
4. Eu sou o espetáculo - José Vasconcelos (Odeon) 12
5. 'S Different - Ray Conniff & Billy Butterfield (Columbia) 10
6. Meu último tango - Sarita Montiel (Hispavox) 9
7. Metais em brasa, vol. 2 - Henry Jerome (Decca) 9
8. My love for you - Johnny Mathis (Columbia) 6
9. Noite de saudade - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 6
10. Paul Anka sings 15 hits (ABC-Polydor) 5
11. Can Can - sound-track (Capitol) 5
12. Seleção de ouro, vol. 2 - Nelson Gonçalves 5
13. Queixas - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 4
14. Poema do adeus - Miltinho (RGE) 4
15. Orange blossom & - Billy Vaughn (Dot-RGE) 4
16. 'S Concert, vol.2 - Ray Conniff (Columbia) 3
17. Sambas e boleros - Nelson Gonçalves (RCA) 2
18. Grandes sucessos - Billy Vaughn (Dot-RGE) 2
19. Recordando carnavais - Luis Bordon (Chantecler) 2
20. Metais em brasa, vol. 3 - Henry Jerome (Decca) 2
21. O samba é mais samba - Walter Wanderley (Odeon) 2
22. As aventuras do Vitório - Murilo Amorim Corrêa & Maria Tereza (Odeon) 2
23. Agostinho dos Santos canta sucessos (RGE)
24. La violetera - Sarita Montiel (Hispavox)
25. Miltinho é samba (RGE)
26. Teixeirinha (Chantecler)
27. Billy Vaughn no cinema (Dot-RGE)
28. A harpa e a cristandade - Luis Bordon (Chantecler)
29. Malandro em sinuca - Moreira da Silva (Odeon)
Radiolandia 1st June 1961, with charts from São Paulo ('Flor do meu bairro' / 'Faz me rir') and Rio de Janeiro ('Coração de luto' / 'A noiva'); Ray Conniff's 'S Music is the #1 album in both cities.
16 July 1961 - 'Correio da Manhã's Claribalte Passos explains how Angela Maria has returned to Number One in the charts with her cover of 'La novia' (A noiva) after a spell under the weather.
12 November 1961 - Daily 'O Estado de S.Paulo' introduces Ray Charles to their readers. It calls Charles 'jazz', but actually he was pop, especially his recently released Polydor album 'Dedicated to you' featuring 'Stella by starlight' that would climb up to Number One in the charts in early 1962.
OESP stressed Ray Charles' blindness in its introductory article...
Columnist-cum-agent-provocateur Carlos Imperial reviews 1961 and comes to the sad conclusion that with Celly Campello about to go into retirement, Brazilian teen-agers will be left without a 'Queen of Rock' for they do not accept either Sônia Delfino, Cleyde Alves or Célia Vilela as rock-singers. 'Revista do Radio', 24 February 1962.
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