Teixeirinha
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Teixeirinha (March 3, 1927 - December 4, 1985), given name Vitor Mateus Teixeira, was a Brazilian musician. Teixeirinha is the diminutive form of the common Portuguese-language surname of Teixeira, is one of the greatest Brazilian artists, Teixeirinha was the first artist in the world to sell 1 million copies of a disc of only one recorded song, called "o Rei do Disco" by this record sales, currently has sold 130 million copies.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 1985
Discography
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Teixeirinha was a brazilian gaúcho musician and composer from Rio Grande do Sul. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Teixeirinha">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Place of death
- Porto Alegre
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Image
- Estatua do Teixeiriha.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-03-03
- date of death
- 1985-12-05
- different from
- Elísio dos Santos Teixeira
- Commons category
- Teixeirinha
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Compilation albums
- Special Albums
- Filmography
- Awards
- Teixeirinha Foundation
- Companies
- Monuments
- See also
- References
- External links
Teixeirinha (March 3, 1927 - December 4, 1985), given name Vitor Mateus Teixeira, was a Brazilian musician. Teixeirinha is the diminutive form of the common Portuguese-language surname of Teixeira, is one of the greatest Brazilian artists, Teixeirinha was the first artist in the world to sell 1 million copies of a disc of only one recorded song, called "o Rei do Disco" by this record sales, currently has sold 130 million copies.
The song to sell 1 million copies was "Coração de Luto", was rerecorded by several Brazilian artists, including the duo Milionário & José Rico, and the singer Sérgio Reis, as well as a re-recording made by a Spanish singer named Chacho Santa Cruz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teixeirinha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.