Clara Nunes Biografia

Together with Beth Carvalho and Alcione, Clara Nunes, in life, was regarded as
one of the three Queens of Samba. She had (and still has) enormous success
with sambas by composers of the hills like "u!"o #inal" (Nelson
Cavaquinho$lcio Soares) and "%ora&'o (e)iano" (Paulinho da Viola). *mong
her hits, recorded in her solo +, albums, there are "-oc. /assa 0 0u *cho
1ra&a" (Ataulfo Alves$Carlos Imperial), " Baiana," "A eusa os !ri"#s,"
"$acuna%ma," "! $ar Serenou," (Candeia), "*s #or&as 2a 3ature"a" (&o'o
No(ueira$Paulo C)sar Pinheiro), "1uerreira," "#eira de 4angaio"
(Sivuca$*lorinha *adelha), "/ortela 3a *)enida" ($auro uarte$Paulo C)sar
Pinheiro), and "3a&'o" (&o'o Bosco$Aldir Blanc). *n orphan since childhood,
%lara 3unes became a manual laborer at a factory suffering with difficulties and
po)erty. 5n +6,7, she won the 4inas 1erais section of the national contest *
-o" de 8uro *B% and was classified in the third place in the national final.
9ired by a radio, she had her own show at T- 5tacolomi (4inas 1erais). *lso
singing in nightclubs, she was appointed for three times as best singer of the
year. She mo)ed to :io in +6,; and was hired by T- %ontinental. The first
record came in ne<t year, A Vo+ Ador#vel de Clara Nunes. Singing boleros and
sambas=can&'o, the option for the samba came only in +6,> with her first hit,
"-oc. /assa 0 0u *cho 1ra&a" (Ataulfo Alves$Carlos Imperial). 5n +6?7, she had success with "@ Baiana" (,a-r%cio
da Silva$Baianinho$nio Santos .i-eiro$$i(uel Pancr#cio) and the /ortela samba=enredo "5lu *y." (Norival
.eis$Silvestre avi da Silva). 5n +6?A, she staged her first show, SabiB SabiC. The samba "Triste"a /D 3o %h'o"
(Armando ,ernandes), recorded in the same year, sold more than +77,777 copies. 5n +6?E, sided by Vin%cius de
$oraes and /oquinho, she opened in Sal)ador, the show ! Poeta, A $o0a e ! Viol'o. 5n the same year, she
performed in (isbon, /ortugal, and, in the ne<t year, in the 45204 (%annes, #rance). 5n +6?F, her (/ Alvorecer had
the hits "%onto de *reia" (.omildo$/oninho), "4enino de 2eus" ($auro uarte$Paulo C)sar Pinheiro), and "4eu
Sapato B #urou" (1lton $edeiros$$auro uarte), selling E77,777 copies and opening opportunities for other female
singers like *lcione and Beth Carvalho. 5n +6?;, she toured se)eral 0uropean countries. This was the year in which
she released her most successful album, Claridade, followed by the also successful Canto as /r2s .a0as. 5n +6>7,
she had another big hit with "4orena de *ngola," written by Chico Buarque especially for her. She died during a
contro)erted )aricose )eins surgery, pro)oking generali"ed consternation. G *l)aro 3eder, *ll 4usic 1uide
Clara Nunes Biografia
Together with Beth Carvalho and Alcione, Clara Nunes, in life, was regarded as
one of the three Queens of Samba. She had (and still has) enormous success
with sambas by composers of the hills like "u!"o #inal" (Nelson
Cavaquinho$lcio Soares) and "%ora&'o (e)iano" (Paulinho da Viola). *mong
her hits, recorded in her solo +, albums, there are "-oc. /assa 0 0u *cho
1ra&a" (Ataulfo Alves$Carlos Imperial), " Baiana," "A eusa os !ri"#s,"
"$acuna%ma," "! $ar Serenou," (Candeia), "*s #or&as 2a 3ature"a" (&o'o
No(ueira$Paulo C)sar Pinheiro), "1uerreira," "#eira de 4angaio"
(Sivuca$*lorinha *adelha), "/ortela 3a *)enida" ($auro uarte$Paulo C)sar
Pinheiro), and "3a&'o" (&o'o Bosco$Aldir Blanc). *n orphan since childhood,
%lara 3unes became a manual laborer at a factory suffering with difficulties and
po)erty. 5n +6,7, she won the 4inas 1erais section of the national contest *
-o" de 8uro *B% and was classified in the third place in the national final.
9ired by a radio, she had her own show at T- 5tacolomi (4inas 1erais). *lso
singing in nightclubs, she was appointed for three times as best singer of the
year. She mo)ed to :io in +6,; and was hired by T- %ontinental. The first
record came in ne<t year, A Vo+ Ador#vel de Clara Nunes. Singing boleros and
sambas=can&'o, the option for the samba came only in +6,> with her first hit,
"-oc. /assa 0 0u *cho 1ra&a" (Ataulfo Alves$Carlos Imperial). 5n +6?7, she had success with "@ Baiana" (,a-r%cio
da Silva$Baianinho$nio Santos .i-eiro$$i(uel Pancr#cio) and the /ortela samba=enredo "5lu *y." (Norival
.eis$Silvestre avi da Silva). 5n +6?A, she staged her first show, SabiB SabiC. The samba "Triste"a /D 3o %h'o"
(Armando ,ernandes), recorded in the same year, sold more than +77,777 copies. 5n +6?E, sided by Vin%cius de
$oraes and /oquinho, she opened in Sal)ador, the show ! Poeta, A $o0a e ! Viol'o. 5n the same year, she
performed in (isbon, /ortugal, and, in the ne<t year, in the 45204 (%annes, #rance). 5n +6?F, her (/ Alvorecer had
the hits "%onto de *reia" (.omildo$/oninho), "4enino de 2eus" ($auro uarte$Paulo C)sar Pinheiro), and "4eu
Sapato B #urou" (1lton $edeiros$$auro uarte), selling E77,777 copies and opening opportunities for other female
singers like *lcione and Beth Carvalho. 5n +6?;, she toured se)eral 0uropean countries. This was the year in which
she released her most successful album, Claridade, followed by the also successful Canto as /r2s .a0as. 5n +6>7,
she had another big hit with "4orena de *ngola," written by Chico Buarque especially for her. She died during a
contro)erted )aricose )eins surgery, pro)oking generali"ed consternation. G *l)aro 3eder, *ll 4usic 1uide