Biography: Carlos Galhardo, Carlos Gardel, Carlos Gonzaga, Carlos José, Carlos Lyra, Carlos Montoya, Carlos Navas, Carlos Ponce, Carlos Poyares, Carlos Sabillon,

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Carlos Galhardo Biography, Photos, Pictures

After Francisco Alves, Carlos Galhardo was the singer who recorded the most 78 rpm songs, more than 570 He also was one of the best-selling singers, and worked in several films, winning several Carnival contests

Carlos Gardel Biography, Photos, Pictures

Carlos Gardel was tango’s first superstar and still one of its most enduring performers Revered as an icon in Argentina ever since his tragic death in 1935, Gardel — nicknamed “El Zorzal Criollo” (“The Creole Thrush”) — was the first singer to adopt the tango as a form of popular song

Carlos Gonzaga Biography, Photos, Pictures

Carlos Gonzaga is widely known as one of the most important singers of ballads in the late ’50s in Brazil He started his career much earlier though, in the ’40s, interpreting a wide range of styles, from bolero, samba, calypso, and tango to fox trot

Carlos José recorded more than 25 albums from 1957 to 1975 Among his biggest hits, “Oferta” (his first recorded composition, 1958), “Esmeralda” (Fernando Barreto/Filadelfo Nunes, 1960), “Lembrança” (1962), “Queria” (Carlos Paraná, 1964), and “Oração da Mãe Menininha” (Dorival Caymmi, 1973) deserve mention

Carlos Lyra
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Genre: Latin

One of the most important artists of the bossa nova movement, Carlos Lyra was also an intellectual behind the movement, forging new directions like the protest song Lyra wrote some of the best moments of the bossa nova on his own or together with illustrious partners like Vinícius de Moraes

Carlos Montoya Biography, Photos, Pictures

A Spanish guitarist and composer, Carlos Montoya made a lasting contribution to music between the 20s and 50s He introduced the flamenco style of music as a serious form of guitar music

Carlos Navas Biography, Photos, Pictures

Carlos Navas started as Tetê Espíndola and Alaíde Costa’s manager in the late ’80s In 1992, he performed as a vocalist with Alzira Espíndola, and started to participate in shows by the duo Luli e Lucina and the singers Tetê Espíndola and Alzira Espíndola

Carlos Ponce Biography, Photos, Pictures

Latin pop singer/songwriter Carlos Ponce was born in Santurce and raised in Huamaco, Puerto Rico, making his debut as an advertising actor at the age of six and moving to Miami in 1986

Carlos Poyares Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most important living artists in the choro genre, Carlos Poyares has recorded over nine solo albums and participated in countless others as a sideman As an actor and flutist, Poyares worked in nine films

Carlos Sabillon Biography, Photos, Pictures

Honduran singer/songwriter Carlos Sabillón learned how to play guitar at the age of ten, soon composing a pop ballad called “Quiero Volver A Tu Lado,” based on his first love