Aloísio de Oliveira

Aloísio de Oliveira
Carmen Miranda and the members of the musical group Bando da Lua (from left to right: Zé Carioca, Vadico, Nestor Amaral, Afonso, Stenio and Aloysio de Oliveira).
Background information
Born	December 30, 1914 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	February 4, 1995 Los Angeles, Califórnia
Genres	Samba, Bossa Nova
Occupation(s)	Record producer, singer, actor, Brazilian composer
Labels	Odeon Records, Decca Records, RCA Victor, Elenco, Som Livre, Warner Music

Aloysio de Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, December 30, 1914 — Los Angeles, February 4, 1995) was a record producer, singer, actor and Brazilian composer.^[1]

Key figure in the internationalization of Brazilian popular music, Aloysio de Oliveira participated in all the Carmen Miranda career abroad, with the "Bando da Lua" musical ensemble he founded in 1929 with Hélio Jordão Pereira, Afonso Osório, Stênio Osório, Armando Osório, Osvaldo Éboli, Ivo Astolfi, Diego Astolfi and some cousins of the latter whose names are not remembered for a total of 12 people.^[2] With the death of Carmen in August 1955 the group disbanded. Back in Brazil, Aloysio directed the command of Odeon Records, then created the "Elenco", producing dozens of disks and launching important names of bossa nova as Tom Jobim.^[3][4]

Biography

Aloysio graduated in dentistry, but never practiced the profession. From an early age, had a strong relationship with music. In 1929, he joined the Bando da Lua and already in 1931 the group recorded their first album 78 rpm, in which Aloysio sang one of the two tracks, samba Tá de Mona.

Later, in 1939, traveled to the United States with his group to accompany Carmen Miranda (with whom he had a brief relationship). In the 40s, he began working with Walt Disney soundtracks as a consultant (helped create the character Zé Carioca), narrating documentaries and like cartoon voice actor (the lines in Portuguese of Captain Hook in Peter Pan are his.)^[5]

In Saludos Amigos, he sang Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso). In The Three Caballeros participated as actor and also the soundtrack. In addition, he directed the Bando da Lua in its new phase, from 1949 until its end, six years later, with the death of Carmen Miranda, in August 1955.

After the death of Carmen Miranda, Aloysio returned to Brazil, where he worked as artistic director of Odeon Records (now EMI) and acted in Radio Mayrink Veiga, with Aurora Miranda and Vadico. In 1959, he was responsible for launching the LP Chega de Saudade, João Gilberto, landmark of bossa nova. The following year, he transferred to the Philips Records (now Universal Music), remaining there for eight months. In 1963 he married Sylvia Telles, singer launched by him and who produced albums, and founded the Elenco, specializing in high artistic quality discs.^[6]

Launched several artists in solo albums, as Edu Lobo, Nara Leão, Nana Caymmi, Vinicius de Moraes (as a singer) - indeed the first LP of Elenco was "Vinicius & Odette Lara" - in addition to producing albums anthologies, as Caymmi Visita Tom, Vinicius & Caymmi Zum Zum in, Edu & Bethania, Maysa (live at Au Bon Gourmet), among others. It was also in the 60s that Aloysio composed many famous songs in partnership with Tom Jobim, as Dindi, Só Tinha de Ser com Você, Inútil Paisagem, Eu Preciso de Você, among others.

In 1968, when the "Elenco" was extinguished, returned to the US, where he produced Brazilian artists discs at Warner Music.^[7] Returned to the country in 1972, working as a music producer on various labels such as Odeon, RCA Victor and Som Livre. Eleven years later, in 1983, published the memoir “De Banda pra Lua” (Ed. Record).

Personal life

Aloysio married for the first time in 1944, with one of the secretaries of Disney, American Nora, with whom he had an only daughter, Luise. Her second marriage was with another American, Nikky Walker. In 1963, he married the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles, launched by him. Married later with Cyva singer (Quarteto em Cy), also maintained a brief romance with Carmen Miranda in the late 30's and early 40. About his relationship with singer, Aloysio said in an interview to Jornal do Brasil in 1988: "We were very young at the time, but then we were great friends until the end of her life."^[8] His last marriage was to Margot Brito, and lasted until his death in 1995.^[9]

Death

Aloísio de Oliveira died on February 4, 1995 in Los Angeles, where he lived the last years of life, lung cancer victim at the Hospital Saint Joseph Medical Center where he was admitted for treatment since November 1994.^[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Note
1935	Estudantes	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
	Allô, Allô, Brasil!	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
1936	Alô Alô Carnaval	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
1939	Banana da Terra	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
1940	Down Argentine Way	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
1941	That Night in Rio	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
	Week-End in Havana	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
1942	Springtime in the Rockies	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
	Saludos Amigos		Voice: "Aquarela do Brasil"
1944	The Three Caballeros		Associated Supervisor / choreographer: live action sequences
1950	Nancy Goes to Rio	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
	Cinderella	Grand Duke	Voice: Brazilian version
1953	Scared Stiff	Himself	(Bando da Lua)
	Peter Pan	captain Hook	Voice: Brazilian version
1955	Lady and the Tramp	Tramp	Voice: Brazilian version
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Collie	Voice: Brazilian version
1963	The Sword in the Stone	narrator	Voice: Brazilian version
1973	Robin Hood	The Rooster	Voice: Brazilian version
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Tigger	Voice: Brazilian version
1995	Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business	Himself

References

1. "Biografia no Cravo Albin". dicionariompb.com.br. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
2. "Bando da Lua: RESUMO BIOGRÁFICO". collectors.com.br/. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
3. "Criações de Tom Jobim com Aloysio de Oliveira". Rádio Cultura FM 103,3. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
4. "Memórias de Aloysio, o homem com boa Lua". millarch.org/. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
5. "Zé Carioca era paulista". guiadoestudante.com/. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
6. "Se Todas Fossem Iguais a Você". Isto É. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
7. "Aloísio de Oliveira: Artist Biography by Alvaro Neder". allmusic. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
8. "ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA, DO BANDO DA LUA À BOSSA NOVA". Revista Veja. 1 March 1995. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
9. (Jornal do Brasil. March 29, 1988, Caderno B, page 08.) "Eu queria ser Fred Astaire." Tárik de Souza
10. Viúva de Aloísio diz que estava abalada. Jornal do Brasil, February 22, 1995; page 7.

Bibliography

Oliveira, Aloysio. De banda pra lua (in Portuguese). [S.l.]: Editora Record, 1983. OCLC 10183935.

External links

• Aloísio de Oliveira at the Internet Movie Database
• Elenco – A Casa da Bossa Nova at the Canal Brasil (Miniseries about the Record Label Elenco)