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The smart Leno, in the dawn of the Jovem Guarda, when the Beatles’ sound was the craze amongst Brazilian youngsters, would import the albums of the English group and make Brazilian Portuguese versions for them even before the original records arrived in Brazil, like the “Help” version for the Youngsters
Revealed in the Jovem Guarda craze of the ’60s, Leno e Lílian soon were performing at the show Jovem Guarda, at the TV Record (São Paulo), and enjoying enormous national success in radio and TV shows throughout the country
Making the virtuosic and vigorous style of samba-jazz her main field of expression, Leny Andrade acquired a solid reputation as a singer and improviser, acknowledged by the many top musicians who have performed with her, such as Paquito D’Rivera (who considers Andrade his favorite singer), Luiz Eça, Dick Farney, João Donato, Eumir Deodato, and Francis Hime
Leny Eversong was a successful singer from the ’30s until the late ’60s Also popular abroad, she performed in Argentina, France, and in the US, where she had several seasons and recorded, backed by the Neal Hefti Orchestra, her LP Leny Eversong na América do Norte (1957)
Panamanian salsa vocalist Leo Almengor did not originally intend to earn his fame as a singer Almengor’s first media successes were as a model and actor, having appeared on more than 50 commercials by the age of 13
Argentinean tropical band la Nueva Luna was formed in 1995 by guitarist Ramon Benítez and singer Marcelo González, recording their first album, called Corazón de Madera, released by local DBN (Distribuidora Belgrano Norte), that same year
One of the more important and famous singer/songwriters in the Spanish-speaking world, Leo Dan was born Leopoldo Dante Tevez on March 22, 1942, in a small town in Argentina At a young age he began to learn how to play the flute, harmonica, and guitar, and a few years later he was composing his own songs
Formed in 1989, the Mexican pop group La Onda Vaselina included members Kalimba Marichal Ibar, Mariana Ochoa, Lidia Avila, Erika Zaba, Ari Borovoy, M’Balia Marichal, and Oscar Shwebel
An exceptionally well-regarded Spanish pop/rock band, La Oreja de Van Gogh are also one of the most commercially successful, with each of their albums selling around a million copies worldwide
Leo Jaime is a proponent of the Brazilian rockabilly style of the ’80s He was a member of the pop/rock group João Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados, which formed in 1981