Doris Monteiro - Minhas Musicas (1954)

zecalouro presents Doris Monteiro - Minhas Musicas (1954) 10", consensually, Doris debut LP by Loronixers. It is pretty hard for zecalouro to identify debut LPs for the artists starting in the 50's. In the 50's, the recordings were shifting to the LP standard and this is really confusing for a parrot that struggles to gather information.

zecalouro is with this LP for months, but was postponing the release since the only artwork available was with the size of a matchbox with very low quality. Thanks the Loronixer Arara-Azul (Blue Macaw) from Germany for the great effort to make this nice and wonderful digitalization. zecalouro will celebrate his hard work with the magnificent Hyacinth Macaw photo illustrating the AMG bio for Doris Monteiro.

01 - Se você se importasse (Peterpan)
02 - Bate um Sino Alem (Alberto Ribeiro - José Maria de Abreu)
03 - Nunca te Direi (Jair Amorim - José Maria de Abreu)
04 - Perdao (César Cruz)
05 - Desejo (Jorge de Castro - Wilson Batista)
06 - Sou Tao Feliz (Maurício de Lima - Roberto Mário)
07 - Voce Nao Sabe (Frazão - Antônio Almeida)
08 - Quantas Vezes? (Peterpan)

Dóris Monteiro has had over 50 years of a career filled with success, both as a singer and as an actress. One of the earliest singers to interpret the bossa nova, Monteiro has recorded over 20 solo LPs.

At 13 (in 1947), Dóris Monteiro had her debut on radio in the novice show Papel Carbono at the Rádio Nacional. She won the weekly contest for several weeks in a row. In the next year she started to work regularly in the Rádio Tupi. In 1951 she recorded her first album, the 78 rpm Se Você Se Importasse (Peter Pan), which stayed in first place in the charts for three months. Embracing the first wave of bossa nova without quitting her main vein, the samba-canção, she had several other big hits: "Agulha no Palheiro,'' "Graças a Deus" (Fernando César), "Mocinho Bonito" (Billy Blanco), "Gostoso É Sambar" (João Melo), "Samba de Verão" (Marcos Valle/Paulo Sérgio Valle), "Mudando de Conversa" (Maurício Tapajós/Hermínio Bello de Carvalho), "Dó-Ré-Mi" (Fernando César), "Joga a Rede No Mar" (Fernando César/Nazareno de Brito), "Apelo" (Baden Powell), "Palhaçada," "É isso Aí," and "Alô Fevereiro."

The success also took her to the cinema. She starred in Agulha no Palheiro (Alex Viany) and was elected the Best Actress of 1953. She worked in seven other films, including the Italian production Copacabana Palace. In 1955 she had a season in the Cassino de Punta del Este (Uruguay) and, in 1957, performed as a duo with Dorival Caymmi in Lisbon and Coimbra (Portugal). In October 1990 Monteiro performed in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo (Japan). In that country, she was invited by Lisa Ono to record "Praia Nova" (Lisa Ono/Paulo César Pinheiro), included in Bossa Nova Underground. Doris Monteiro has continued to perform into the next millennium.