Agostinho dos Santos was a Brazilian singer and composer of bossa nova, MPB and rock and roll, active from the early 1950s until his premature death in an airplane accident in 1973. Dos Santos is best known today for lending his voice to the soundtrack of the classic 1959 film Orfeu Negro. He is also credited with playing a role in the development of the careers of other important Bossa Nova artists, such as João Gilberto and Milton Nascimento. Dos Santos' voice was a baritone with bright coloring and a light vibrato, singing in a style called (in Portuguese) "crooner da orchestra".
Career
Agostinho dos Santos was born in São Paulo, in the neighborhood called Bela Vista or Bixiga. One of Dos Santos' first jobs in music was singing at a taxi-dancing club called O maravilhoso in São Paulo. Early in his career, Dos Santos sang with the orchestra of Osmar Milani, and on a lunchtime radio program hosted by Manuel de Nóbrega on Radio Nacional. Dos Santos' first recordings were successes. The first, Vendedor de laranjas (Orange Seller) became widely popular in Brazil, while his second major hit, Meu benzinho was a Portuguese version of the song "My Little One" recorded in English by Frankie Laine. Also during this period Dos Santos successfully recorded a Portuguese version of the Bill Haley hit "See You Later Alligator", "Até Logo, Jacaré." During 1959, Dos Santos frequently appeared on a music program featuring Tom Jobim, called O bom Tom, broadcast on TV Paulista in São Paulo.
Santos, originally Portuguese or Spanish for Saints (singular Santo), is a common surname of Christian origin in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries and the Philippines. Sometimes it can be the final part of a given name, generally preceded by the particle dos (mostly in Portugal and Galicia) or de los (mostly in Spain) (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael of the Saints). There are also other Iberian grammatical forms that are De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis and others. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
Orfeu, a talented musician (his singing voice was dubbed by Brazilian singer Agostinho dos Santos), is surrounded by the vibrant sounds of his favela and often breaks out into a bossa nova song and dance.
BROCKTON − A single-family house on CypressDrive in Brockton sold for $799,900, topping the list of real estate transactions for single-family homes in Brockton ...Abington ... 338 E ... Haran Jr ... and Agostinho C. Dos Santos, $485,000, Jan ... Santos, $775,000, Jan.
Others become leaders by chance ... In Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos was elected as MPLA leader to succeed AgostinhoNeto for the same reasons ... Dos Santos, who assumed power used to refer to himself as “an accidental president” ... The list goes on ... .
José Eduardo dos Santos, who died on July 8th aged 79, was president of Angola for 38 years ... \nWhen Angola’s first president, AgostinhoNeto, died in 1979, party grandees misread Mr dos Santos as a pliable replacement.
Dos Santos was born in 1942 in Sambizanga, a district in Luanda, Angola’s capital ... Dos Santos had by then become part of the MPLA’s political bureau, a tight-knit group of 10 under the presidency of AgostinhoNeto.
Former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos died Friday in Spain after an illness, the government announced ... Jose Eduardo dos Santos came to power in September 1979, following the death of AntonioAgostinhoNeto, the first president of Angola.
When Angola’s first president, AgostinhoNeto, died from cancer in 1979, Mr dos Santos was seen by party bigwigs as a young, not especially clever, and pliable replacement ... Mr dos Santos was good at the political game.
Dos Santos stepped down five years ago ... Dos Santos frequently described himself as an accidental president, taking the reins after Angola’s first leader, AgostinhoNeto, died during cancer surgery in 1979.
The Enterprise - Brockton
28 Feb 2023
The Enterprise - Brockton
28 Feb 2023