“I will go. Why not? Why not?”
A genius of Brazilian art, multi-artist Caetano Veloso turns 80 this Sunday (7), working actively, with countless classics of popular music, award-winning works, with a past and a present that guarantee him admiration in the Brazil and internationally as one of the main artistic references in the country.
in the collection of Brazil Communication Company (EBC), there are shows, programs, special materials, reports and stories by Caetano, the Bahian from Santo Amaro da Purificação, the fifth child of Seu Zezinho and Dona Canô (nicknames of the artist’s parents). Among Caetano’s brothers is another great name in Brazilian art, the singer Maria Betânia (listen here to songs and stories of the artist)four years younger than he.
the multiartist (check the official website), who never stopped composing or singing, has a discography of 48 albums, in addition to writing books and producing movies. He has an intense schedule of shows in addition to other activities. An example that the man does not want to know about rest is that, on his birthday, this Sunday, he will perform a free show on internet platforms, as he announced on his Instagram page.
The artist’s life story is one of successes, but also made on a personality road. Who would say! It has been almost 55 years since the young Caetano Veloso entered the stage of the TV Record Festival to sing Joy Joyunforgettable moment in the artist’s life.
The song came in fourth in the contest, but became a landmark for Tropicália (learn more about the art movement) that marks the history of MPB.
Check out the historic performance below, which went from boos to applause.
“Walking against the wind…”
10 years ago, the TV Brazil paid tribute to the then septuagenarian artist. The broadcaster emphasized that the artist born in Bahia also had an influence on life in Rio de Janeiro. The video highlights the artist’s creative and thinking spirit. Watch below the video that has the opinion of other artists about Caetano.
“Bahia already gave me a ruler and compass” or “Boy from Rio, heat that makes you shiver…”
Caetano participated in the Program Samba in Gamboagives TV Braziland, told the story of the song It’s morning, which he composed in 1963, and which was recorded by great names in Brazilian music, which surprised him. “Samba was part of my education.”
“It’s morning
It’s dawn
It’s morning
I don’t know anything anymore
It’s morning
I will see my love” (…)
Check out the program in full:
Five years ago, the TV Brazil also paid tribute to the restless artist who reinvented himself, with experiments and recurring successes.
Relics of Caetano’s music are available in the radio collection of EBCas in Vinyl Club, who highlighted the influences he received, including João Gilberto. The program recalled that the singer visited the National Radio to watch their idols up close in the 1960s.
Check out other materials from EBC radios about Caê
National Arts Day
If the week begins with Caetano’s 80th birthday, Friday (12) is National Arts Day, a date that is commemorated due to the foundation of the Royal School of Sciences, Arts and Crafts, which was created on August 12, 1816. by a decree of the then Prince Regent of Brazil, Dom João VI, under the inspiration of the French Artistic Mission.
Check out other dates of the week in the Today is Day table
August 6th to 13th, 2022
7
Birth of Bahian singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso (80 years old)
8
Born from São Paulo José Ely de Miranda, known as Zito (90 years old) – former soccer player Two-time World Champion (1958-1962)
Birth of American actor Dustin Hoffman (85 years old) – 1988 Best Actor Oscar winner for the film Rain Man
Birth of the pianist and composer from Pernambuco Alfredo Gama (155 years old)
Birth of American musician Benny Carter (115 years old)
Mahatma Gandhi arrested by the British for launching “Leave India” movement (80 years old)
National Cholesterol Control Day – date created for awareness and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, especially heart attack and stroke
Father’s Day – (movable date, second Sunday in August) unofficial commemoration of Brazil, which would have been created in 1953 by Brazilian publicist Sylvio Bhering, whose date of celebration can occur between the 8th and 14th of August of each year in the calendar Gregorian on the second Sunday
9
Death of Minas Gerais sociologist Herbert José de Souza, known as Betinho (25 years old)
Death of German writer Hermann Hesse (60 years old) – Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946 and writer of the works Steppenwolf and Siddhartha
Brazilian men’s volleyball team wins Olympic gold medal in Barcelona (30 years old)
Foundation of the Brazilian Federation for Women’s Progress by Bertha Lutz (100 years old)
International Day of Indigenous Peoples – worldwide commemoration, which was instituted by the UN General Assembly through Resolution 49/214 of December 23, 1994
10
Birth of the Bahian composer Waldeck Artur Macedo, aka Gordurinha (100 years old) – worked at Rádio Nacional
Born of Bahian writer Jorge Amado (105 years old)
Birth of the singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro, Antônio Gilson Porfírio, aka Agepê (80 years old)
Birth of Pernambuco frevo singer Claudionor Germano (90 years old)
Birth of singer and multi-instrumentalist Ian Scott Anderson (75 years old) – leader of the rock band Jethro Tull
11
Foundation of the National Union of Students, UNE (85 years old)
Lawyer’s Day – date of creation of the first two law courses in Brazil, in 1827. The Largo de São Francisco Law School, in São Paulo; and the Faculty of Law of Olinda, in Pernambuco, were created by D. Pedro I
Student Day – this celebration has been taking place since 1927 and had as its starting point something that happened 100 years earlier, that is, in 1827, at the time of the newly established Brazilian Empire. On August 11, 1827, the then Emperor Dom Pedro I authorized the creation of the first two faculties in Brazil, the Faculty of Law of Olinda, in Pernambuco, and the Faculty of Law of Largo do São Francisco, in São Paulo.
Hanging Day – celebrated by Brazilian law students, who go to restaurants, gorge themselves and then have the bill “hang”; tradition that has its roots in the 1st Empire of Brazil, a time when Lawyers had a lot of notoriety and food establishment owners ended up inviting Lawyers and Law Students to celebrate the date in their bars and restaurants.
12
Birth of the Bahian writer specializing in Afro-Brazilian themes Edison Carneiro (110 years old)
Born of Minas Gerais singer Clara Nunes (80 years old)
Death of American composer John Cage (age 30)
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph (145 years old)
International Youth Day – commemoration instituted by the UN in its resolution No. 54/120 of 17 December 1999, confirming a proposal of the “World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth”, held in the city of Lisbon between 8 and 12 August 1998
National Arts Day – unofficially celebrated by Brazilians to mark the foundation date of the Royal School of Sciences, Arts and Crafts, which was created on August 12, 1816 by a decree of the then Prince Regent of Brazil, Dom João VI, under the inspiration from the French Artistic Mission
National Human Rights Day
13
Dona Leopoldina is appointed head of the Council of State and Acting Princess-Regent of Brazil (200 years)
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