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Benito di Paula
Brazil • b. 1941-11-28
Benito di Paula is credited on 743 releases across 231 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
743
Pressings credited
231
Albums
7
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
Uday Vellozo, with stage name of Benito di Paula (born November 28, 1941), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and writer. He is known for his characteristic samba that started when he was young and sang in hotels and nightclubs in Rio de Janeiro, where he did not play a specific genre. Di Paula was invited by a friend to play in Santos, where he led his career in the State of São Paulo. He settled down and raised a family in São Paulo, where he developed his career, becoming the great symbol of Samba Paulista. Between the 70s and 80s he achieved great fame, having sold 50 million records until today, being the 5th largest record seller in Brazil. In addition to Brazil, Di Paula sold records in other countries, recorded in languages such as Spanish, French, Italian, Finnish, German and others, with a total of 4 million records sold in Europe. He has more than 35 recorded LPs, with an important part of his work being re-released on CD, due to his great success.
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Credited work
743 releases · 231 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 1,116
- Other credits · 55
- Production · 14
Studios: Estudios Reunidos · Morgan Studios, Brussels · Estudios Sonoland · Finnvox
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Two Man Sound
- Chocolat's
- Vikingarna
- Unknown Artist
- Eliana Pittman
- Carola (2)
- Roberto Carlos
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