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Wilson Simonal
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wilson Simonal de Castro (Rio de Janeiro, February 23, 1938 – São Paulo, June 25, 2000) was a Brazilian singer and composer.
Known for
- Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday — Self (archive footage)2020
- Tropicália — Self (archive footage)2012
- Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was — Self (archive footage)2009
- Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa — Self (archive footage)2009
- O Som Alucinante1971
- É Simonal1970
- Na Onda do Iê-Iê-Iê1966
- Minha Sogra é da Polícia1958
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1939
- Active to
- 2000
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 246,438
- Total plays
- 2,540,548
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Born in February 26, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, Simonal discovered his artist vocation while he was doing obligatory military service. Like others big Brazilian artists, he started his career playing at bars and night clubs in Rio, singing rock, mostly in English. He composed and produced for Carlos Imperial, who found him, and took him to his TV show, helping to record his first album, in 1963, very Bossa Nova influenced. Right after that Simonal became one of the main artists of that time <a hre
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- São Paulo
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Odeon
- Image
- Wilson Simonal (1964).tif
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1939-02-26
- date of death
- 2000-06-25
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- Wilson Simonal
- cause of death
- liver cirrhosis
- birth name
- Wilson Simonal de Castro
- pseudonym
- Wilson Simonal
- ethnic group
- Black people
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Article · Français
Wilson Simonal de Castro, né le 23 février 1938 à Rio de Janeiro et mort le 25 juin 2000 à São Paulo, est un chanteur brésilien des années 1960 et 1970. Méconnu en dehors de l'Amérique du Sud, Wilson Simonal a joui d'une grande popularité au Brésil au cours de sa carrière et est considéré comme l'un des meilleurs chanteurs brésiliens de tous les temps. Ses chansons Pais Tropical et Sá Marina ont été notamment reprises par Sergio Mendes. Sa chanson Nem Vem Que não Tem est, elle, reprise en français par Marcel Zanini sous le titre Tu veux ou tu veux pas.
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