Biography
The Conjunto Farroupilha came into being in 1948 on Rádio Farroupilha, located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. At the outset the ensemble concentrated on folkloric and regional material, achieving notable recordings such as "Gauchinha Bem-Querer," "Piazito Carreteiro," "Prenda Minha," "Boi Barroso," "Chimarrita Balão," "Negrinho do Pastoreio," and "Pezinho." Success also arrived in the 1960s within the bossa nova idiom.
Their debut album appeared in 1952, constituting only the fourth record pressed anywhere in Brazil. Relocation to São Paulo followed four years later and launched an extended series of tours across Brazil and overseas. These international engagements, sustained regularly for years, reached China, the U.S.S.R., Germany, and Venezuela, where further albums were recorded.
Adopting bossa nova in the 1960s, the group produced successful renditions of "Bolinha de Sabão" (Orlandivo/Adilson de Azevedo), "Moça da Chuva" (Paulinho Nogueira/Rita Moreira), "Azul Contente" (Walter Santos/Tereza Souza), "Papai Walt Disney," and "Por Causa de Você" (Tom Jobim/Dolores Durán). During the same decade they maintained their own program on TV Record in São Paulo. Around 1963 Tasso Bangel and Danilo Vidal founded the Farroupilha recording company. The ensemble disbanded in 1971 yet reunited in 1983 for an appearance on the regional television program Som Brasil, after which they released the LP Farroupilha 35.
Their debut album appeared in 1952, constituting only the fourth record pressed anywhere in Brazil. Relocation to São Paulo followed four years later and launched an extended series of tours across Brazil and overseas. These international engagements, sustained regularly for years, reached China, the U.S.S.R., Germany, and Venezuela, where further albums were recorded.
Adopting bossa nova in the 1960s, the group produced successful renditions of "Bolinha de Sabão" (Orlandivo/Adilson de Azevedo), "Moça da Chuva" (Paulinho Nogueira/Rita Moreira), "Azul Contente" (Walter Santos/Tereza Souza), "Papai Walt Disney," and "Por Causa de Você" (Tom Jobim/Dolores Durán). During the same decade they maintained their own program on TV Record in São Paulo. Around 1963 Tasso Bangel and Danilo Vidal founded the Farroupilha recording company. The ensemble disbanded in 1971 yet reunited in 1983 for an appearance on the regional television program Som Brasil, after which they released the LP Farroupilha 35.
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