MUSIC AND ITS HISTORY

ELIS REGINA

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa was born in Porto Alegre, in the Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa, on March 17th 1945.

The first steps in her career occurred when she was 11, right after she finished primary school. She performed a song for the radio program Clube do Gury, aired by Porto Alegre’s Farroupilha Radio. Her presentation was so great that Ary Rego, the program presenter, invited her to sing at the radio on a regular basis.

Besides singing, the girl worked as a production assistant. She read the listeners notes and introduced new candidates. In 1964, Elis Regina, already living in Rio de Janeiro, signed a contract with the TV Rio, a local TV broadcaster. She would present the program Noite de Gala with Wilson Simonal, Jorge Ben and Marly Tavares.

To improve her budget, Elis started to sing in Rio nightclubs and got known by important music producers. Shortly after, she was required to record many famous compositions by Brazilian great musicians.