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Vinony's link graph records 14 inbound references to Nora Ney, and connects out to Rio de Janeiro, International Standard Book Number and Antônio Carlos Jobim.
It is catalogued under topics including 1922 births, 2003 deaths and 20th-century Brazilian singers.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Called "The Queen of Blue", Nora Ney (Iracema de Souza Ferreira - Mar 20, 1922 Rio de Janeiro - Oct 28, 2003 Rio de Janeiro) debuted on the radio in 1951. Her unmistakable contralto voice helped forge a peculiar style. She would be the first person to record the hallmark rock song "Rock Around the Clock" (Bill Halley) in Brazil, in 1956. But it was in the Brazilian bolero type ("or samba-canção") that she reached success. She worked as a crooner in nightclubs and continued to work on the radio <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ferreira
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Genre
- samba-canção
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Nora Ney (1961).tif
- Voice type
- contralto
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- date of birth
- 1922-03-23
- date of death
- 2003-10-28
- cause of death
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- medical condition
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- birth name
- Iracema de Sousa Ferreira
- pseudonym
- Nora Ney
- Commons category
- Nora Ney (Singer)
- manner of death
- natural causes
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