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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Chico Buarque
Author: Chico Buarque de Hollanda
Label: Sigla
Year: 1966
Brazilian poet, storyteller, comic, bandleader, composer of operas, film music and this carnival in Rio classic. A Banda is Portuguese for The Band. (see also O Que Sera and Partido Alto). Introduced during the second Festival Nacional de Musica Popular, aired by TV Excelsior and TV Record, marking the dawn of a new local musical generation (Tropicalismo).
Covers:
Astrud Gilberto [in Portuguese and in '67 also in English]
Mina [n°2 It as La Banda]
Parisiennes [idem in French]
Dalida [idem]
Sue Raney [as Parade; lyrics: Bob Russell]
France Gall [in German as Zwei Apfelsienen im Haar]
Liesbeth List [as De Fanfare; lyrics: Lennaert Nijgh]
Han Grevelt [idem; hit NL]
Johnny & Rijk [idem]
Captain Jack [as Get Up]
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)