Pery Ribeiro
Pery Ribeiro (actually Peri Martins, born October 27, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro, † February 24, 2012 ) was a Brazilian actor and singer, who is regarded as one of the central figures of the Bossa Nova and the Música Popular Brasileira.
Pery Ribeiro was the son of the composer Herivelto Martins and the singer Dalva de Oliveira; his career began in 1944 as a child actor in the film Berlim na Batucada by Luís de Barros. As a singer, he made his debut in 1959 in Paulo Gracindos radio show at Rádio Nacional, where he took the stage name Pery Ribeiro. In 1960 he published the first song Não Devo Insistir; followed from 1961 bossa nova classics such Manhã de Carnaval and Samba de Orfeu, composed by Luiz Bonfá / Antônio Maria or Barquinho ( by Roberto Menescal / Ronaldo Boscoli ). In 1962 he resigned from his debut album Pery Ribeiro e Seu Mundo de Canções ROMANTICAS, in which he was accompanied by guitarist Luiz Bonfá, and the hit Garota de Ipanema (Tom Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes). In 1964, Ribeiro's album Pery Muito Mais Bossa compositions by Baden Powell, Eumir Deodato, inter alia, the same year he founded with Leny Andrade and Bossa 3, the ensemble Gemini V, which created a series of albums. In 1967 he gave concerts in Mexico; 1966 Ribeiro went with the troops Bossa Rio ( inter alia with Sérgio Mendes ) on a U.S. tour. Ribeiro, who continued his career until shortly before his death, died at 74 in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro to a heart attack.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Gemini V (EMI Music Distribution, 1966)
- Gemini Cinco Anos Depois Pery Ribeiro & Leny Andradeu (EMI Music Distribution )
- Homenagem a Nelson Goncalves (CID, 2003)
- Color of My Bossa (Universal Music Latino, 2004)