1. Cauby Peixoto was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016.
15 Facts About Cauby Peixoto
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Cauby Peixoto is known for his deep voice and extravagant mannerisms and hairstyles.
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Cauby Peixoto had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon.
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Cauby Peixoto was born in Niteroi into a family of musicians.
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Cauby Peixoto's father, known as Cadete, played the guitar, his mother mandolin, his brothers played trumpet and piano and his sister was a singer.
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Cauby Peixoto went to a Salesian school in Niteroi, where he sang in the church choir.
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In 1952, Cauby Peixoto went to Sao Paulo, where he met Di' Veras, a talent manager who would change his life.
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In 1955, Cauby Peixoto released his first success in Brazil, a Portuguese version of Blue Gardenia, at the time, success in the voice of Nat King Cole, the greatest Idol of Cauby Peixoto, and theme song of the film The Blue Gardenia.
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Cauby Peixoto was invited for a tour to the US by Cardinal Spellman, in 1955, where she sang "Ave Maria" in the ship in which they were, where recorded, under the stage name of Ron Coby, and recorded several albums with the Orchestra of Paul Weston, singing in English.
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Cauby Peixoto was named by Time and Life magazines as the Brazilian Elvis Presley.
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In 1957, Cauby Peixoto was the first Brazilian singer to record a rock song in Portuguese, the song Rock and Roll in Copacabana, composed by Miguel Gustavo, author of the march "Pra frente, Brasil".
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Cauby Peixoto performed in the "Bar Brahma", in Sao Paulo for more than 13 years, with his guitarist, Ronaldo Rayol.
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On 28 May 2015, Cauby Peixoto was subject of a documentary by Nelson Hoineff.
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Cauby Peixoto died of pneumonia on 15 May 2016, in Sao Paulo, after a week internee in a hospital.
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Cauby Peixoto was on tour in Brazil with the Brazilian singer Angela Maria.