Dolores Duran
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Dolores Duran was a Brazilian singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

Adiléia Silva da Rocha debuted at age 10 on the radio. Two years later, when her father died, she started to work on the television, too. At age 16 she came up with the stage name Dolores Duran and became a crooner, working at nightclubs in Rio de Janeiro. In 1952, Dolores recorded her debut album, which featured songs like "Canção da Volta" (A. Maria/ I. Neto) and "Bom É Querer Bem" (Fernando Lobo). Her first composition, "Se É por Falta de Adeus", was written with Tom Jobim and recorded by Dóris Monteiro. She wrote other MPB classics with Jobim, such as "Por Causa de Você" and "Estrada de Sol". Dolores wrote other hits: "Fim de Caso", "Solidão", "Castigo", as well as "Pela Rua", "Ternura Antiga" and "Idéias Erradas", written with Ribamar. Dolores toured the former Soviet Union in 1958 with other artists, and later spent some time in Paris. Back in Brazil, she wrote her greatest hit, "A Noite do Meu Bem". Duran died of a heart attack at age 29, probably related to a barbiturate overdose. After her premature death, Dolores' fame increased, and artists like Lúcio Alves and Nana Caymmi dedicated full albums to her music.

Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

 said once that the best interpretation she had heard of My Funny Valentine
My Funny Valentine
"My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...

was sung by Dolores Duran.

Famous songs

  • Por Causa de Você (Don't Ever Go Away)
  • Estrada do Sol
  • Se É Por Falta de Adeus
  • Fim de Caso
  • A Noite do Meu Bem
  • Solidão
  • Ternura Antiga
  • Castigo
  • Pela Rua
  • Idéias Erradas
  • Quem Sou Eu
  • Se Eu Tiver

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