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Arnold Rypens
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Artist: Volta Sêca
Author: traditional
Label: Abril Cultural
Year: 1935
Real name: Antonio dos Santos. A 35 second fragment recorded in prison, reissued on lp Documentos Sonoros - Nosso Século in '80. Title means: Embroidster or Lacemaker. Adapted by Alfredo Ricardo do Nascimento (Zé do Norte) as theme song in film O Cangaceiro ('53), dealing with gang leader and outlaw Lampeão, the Robin Hood of the Brazilian Nordeste. Volta Sêca was once part of his gang.
Covers:
Ze do Norte & Coro Mixto [in film O Cangaceiro]
Demonios Da Garoa y Homero Marques [also in Spanish as Mujer Bordadora]
Eddie Barclay [as O Cangaceiro on Riviera, but hit US as The Bandit in '55]
Tex Ritter [as The Bandit]
Percy Faith [as The Bandit - Theme from O Cangaceiro]
Volta Sêca [the original recording enriched with an accordion intro and modern samba outro]
Shadows [as The Bandit]
Bert Kaempfert [as O Cangaceiro - The Bandit]
Joan Baez [as O Cangaceiro]
Jumping Jewels [as The Bandit]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)