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Elza Soares
Brazilian samba singer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 1930-06-23 – 2022-01-20
Elza Soares is credited on 131 releases across 48 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
131
Pressings credited
48
Albums
7
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Elza da Conceição Soares (née Gomes; 23 June 1930 – 20 January 2022), known professionally as Elza Soares (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛwzɐ ˈswaɾis]), was a Brazilian samba singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium along with Tina Turner by BBC Radio. Elza was deemed dangerous by the Military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985), and in 1970 her house in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, was machine-gunned by regime agents. Inside were her partner Garrincha and their children. The living room, where the young children were, was destroyed by the blasts. She and Garrincha had to flee to Italy, where they were received by Chico Buarque de Hollanda also in exile.
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Credited work
131 releases · 48 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 154
- Other credits · 12
Studios: Barra · Multi Studios · Estúdios Polygram (RJ) · Estúdio El Rocha
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Gilles Peterson
- Joyce
- Lobão
- Caetano Veloso
- Bid
- Elza
- Sandália De Prata
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