Leny Eversong (1 September 1920* - 29 April 1984) was a
Brazilian singer famous for her powerful and potent voice and her large size and blonde
look.
Born in Santos (on the coast of São Paulo) as Hilda Campos
Soares da Silva, she began her career as a child prodigy in piano and voice. At
just 12 years old, she won a contest of
junior talent in the Radio Club of Santos and was immediately hired as an
artist of the fixed cast of the station, despite being a girl. Since the
beginning, her specialty was American music, mostly fox trots, which she would
learn to sing through exhaustive record listening because she didn't speak English.
She chose the stage-name Leny Eversong in 1935 and
started singing in English. She joined Radio Atlântica, a station in her native
city Santos, the large metropolis in the state of São Paulo that later saw the
birth of another artist, this time a footballer: Pêle. In 1936, she had a
season in Rio, performing at the Rádio Tupi and at the luxurious Cassino da
Urca and Copacabana Palace Hotel. In the next year she went to São Paulo, hired
for the regular cast of the Night and Day nightclub.
For a singer in those days, joining a radio group meant
the chance to appear in shows recorded in front of an audience, and seeing
one’s name become a household word. For the most part, Leny Eversong’s career
was divided between shows on the national radio networks, in cabarets and in
the great casinos of the day.
Her first individual album came in 1942, in which she
recorded the fox trot Tangerine, accompanied by the Orquestra de Totó. Six
years after that she performed in Buenos Aires (Argentina), where she was
presented as a North American singer.
In the 50s, she resumed singing Brazilian music and made
albums singing in different languages. Her greatest hit was Jezebel"
(Shanklin), first recorded in 1952. By the end of that decade, she toured the
United States, recording the album "Leny Eversong na América do
Norte", accompanied by Neal Heafti's orchestra. Returning to Brazil she
introduced some Brazilian music into her repertory, until she went to Paris
(France) in 1958, where she performed at the Olympia. Two years later she
started to go to the U.S., having eight annual seasons in that country until
the 'late 60s.
Leny was very obese, and because of that, contracted
diabetes, which helped to undermine her career from the early seventies, so she
retired from the public eye due to her
failing health and especially after her husband was supposedly kidnapped and
never returned. Later, it was discovered by chance that her husband had been
killed by the military dictatorship.
Although a figure so interesting and unique in style, she died in São Paulo 1984, in total ostracism and poor, aged 64, due to complications from diabetes. Before passing away, she had both legs amputated.
Although a figure so interesting and unique in style, she died in São Paulo 1984, in total ostracism and poor, aged 64, due to complications from diabetes. Before passing away, she had both legs amputated.
* (IMDB give birth year as 1916)
3 comments:
For “ Leny Eversong na América do Norte (1957)” go here:
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/Nydk6VBk/file.html
01. I can't give you anything but love (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy MacHugh)
02. Pot-pourri:
•Tierra va templa (Mariano Merceron)
•El Cubanchero (Rafael Hernandez)
03. Stay in my arms (Ben Raleigh, Paulo Alencar)
04. Kisses (Allan Roberts, Paolillo Schisa, Nisa)
05. Summertime (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin)
06. Jezebel (W. Shanklin)
07. Jalousie (Jacob Gade, Vera Bloon)
08. St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)
09. Stop the clock (Roth, Marin, Paulo Alencar)
10. Autumn concerto (C.Bargoni, Paul Siegel)
11. Tenderly (J.Lawrence, Walter Gross)
Tem como postar novamente? Link off! Obrigado.
Hi Williams, Here she is.....
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