Los Indios Tabajaras
Certainly the most uncommon duo of Brazilian artists to have a solid international career, Los Índios Tabajaras was formed by the brothers Antenor Moreyra Lima (Muçaperê) and Natalício Moreyra Lima (Erundi). In the U.S. they had success in the early '70s with "Sakura-Sakura," and their biggest hit was the fox trot "Maria Elena," which won second place at the American charts and sold over one-and-a-half million copies. Their 48 LPs also sold millions of copies worldwide, and they toured South, Central, and North America, Asia, and Europe before settling in the U.S. Their eclectic act gathered Rimsky-Korsakoff, Chopin, De Falla, and Villa-Lobos with folk tunes and originals, performed in tuxedo and also half-naked with Indian ornaments. In the '60s, they also performed successfully at the San Remo Festival (Italy). Both self-taught musicians, they took their first contact with the violão (guitar) during their journey through the hinterlands of Cariri, Ceará, but had to give it away for a pound of beans. Having both studied music later, Muçaperê was accompanied in the recording of his "Their Very Special Touch" by a full symphonic orchestra and vocal choir.
Indians from the Tabajara tribe, they left Ceará with their people in 1933, traveling on foot the almost 2,000 km to Rio de Janeiro. During the three years spent on the journey, they collected a number of regional musics. In Rio de Janeiro they were registered and baptized by the lieutenant Hildebrando Moreira Lima, from whom they took their Christian names. Their first public performance was in 1945, at the Rádio Cruzeiro do Sul (Rio de Janeiro), when they were introduced as Índios Tabajaras, having been hired by the outing. In 1953, they recorded an album through Continental with the baião "Tambor Índio" and the galope "Acara Cary" (both by Muçaperê). In the next year they had success with the polka "Pajaro Campaña" (public domain). After recording several other albums, they left in 1957 for a tour through Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico. Having both studied music in the latter, Erundi wrote several classic pieces for guitar during that period . Moving on to the U.S., they performed for three years in that country, and returned to Brazil in 1960. They continued to move around, but ended up back in Brazil in 1968, where they recorded an album of Hawaiian songs; they moved to the U.S. soon afterwards.
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Always in My Heart
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Victor le 7 oct. 1964
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Maria Elena
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Victor le 30 déc. 1962
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The Mellow Guitar Moods of Los Indios Tabajaras
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Victor - Legacy le 12 déc. 2014
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In a Sentimental Mood
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Victor - Legacy le 19 août 1968
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The Very Thought of You
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 1 avr. 1971
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Song of the Islands
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 30 avr. 1969
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Vintage World Nº 68 - EPs Collectors, "Pájaro Campana""
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Vintage Music le 6 avr. 1959
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Melodías Populares de América Latina
Musiques du monde - Paru chez MARFER le 13 avr. 1969
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Casually Classic
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 2 déc. 2016
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Serie Platino
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 11 févr. 1997
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Twin Guitars: In a Mood for Lovers
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 13 mai 2016
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Los Indios Tabajaras
Pop/Rock - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 25 nov. 2000
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Natalicio y Antenor Moreyra Lima (Instrumental)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Play Music le 10 déc. 2019
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Their Very Special Touch
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 19 mars 1967
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Sweet And Savage (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1958)
Pop - Paru chez Brazilian Classics le 1 janv. 2014
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Lo Mejor De (Remastered)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Universal Digital Enterprises le 5 oct. 2018
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RCA Club
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA Records Label le 18 avr. 2000
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Maria Elena - The Best Of
Amérique latine - Paru chez Master Classics Records le 1 juin 2011
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Guitarras Romanticas: En el Sonido de los Indios Tabajaras
Amérique latine - Paru chez Multimusic México le 23 déc. 2014
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What The World Needs Now
Musiques du monde - Paru chez RCA - Legacy le 1 nov. 1971
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Deixa de Tristeza: Folclóre y canciónes de Latino América
Bolero - Paru chez Edition Estela - Tesoros Musicales le 3 juin 2022
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