Elba Ramalho
Picture if you will a female performer who does it all: singer, songwriter, producer, outrageously colorful performer, sexually provocative, very attractive, not at all demure and submissive, frequently controversial, and also a talented actor -- no, not Madonna -- think Brazil, think Elba Ramalho.
Born in 1941, Elba Ramalho is a dizzying force of nature and one of the most successful and popular vocalists to emerge from Brazil's northeast. A veritable Renaissance woman: world class handball player, drummer, student of sociology, Ramalho gave it all up in the mid-70s to head to Rio and give singing and performing a shot with the band Quintero Violado. Her first solo record, 1979's Ave de Prata, was released to great acclaim and, almost overnight, Elba Ramalho became a star. A powerful performer, Ramalho sings not only traditional Brazilian styles but over the course of her career has most quite comfortably into rock, funk, salsa, and Caribbean music. Backed by the sensational Banda Rojao, Ramalho (like Madonna, or even Tina Turner) live is an experience: glitzy, glamorous, bumping and grinding in her impossibly short skirts, cavorting with her dancers and back up singers -- to say she is flamboyant is an understatement (for aural documentation check out her 1989 release Elba ao Vivo). But if she was simply flamboyant and had no talent she'd be no more interesting than Charro. The fact is that Ramalho, with all the pomp and circumstance intact, is a daring performer singing songs about independence for Brazil's northeast ("Nordeste Independente"), as well as paeans to the simple joys of giving it up and getting down. While she may resemble American icons like Madonna and Tina Turner, but make no mistake, despite any superficial similarities Elba Ramalho is her own woman, no comparisons do her justice.
© John Dougan /TiVo
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O Grande Encontro 20 Anos: Alceu, Elba e Geraldo (Ao Vivo)
Alceu Valença, Elba Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo
MPB - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 9 Dec 2016
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O Grande Encontro 3
Elba Ramalho, Zé Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo
Pop/Rock - Released by Ariola on 1 Nov 2000
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O Grande Encontro (Ao Vivo)
Alceu Valença, Elba Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo, Zé Ramalho
Pop/Rock - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 15 Oct 1996
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O Grande Encontro II
Elba Ramalho, Zé Ramalho, Geraldo Azevedo
MPB - Released by RCA Records Label on 25 Jun 1997
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Felicidade Urgente
MPB - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 4 Mar 1991
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Brasil Popular: 14 Grandes Sucessos
Fagner, Elba Ramalho, Zé Ramalho, Amelinha
MPB - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 15 May 2020
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Elba Canta Luiz
Forro - Released by RCA Records Label on 15 Mar 2002
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20 Grandes Sucessos De Elba Ramalho
Pop - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 1 Jan 1998
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Baião De Dois
Pop/Rock - Released by RCA Records Label on 14 Mar 2005
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Fogo Na Mistura
MPB - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 22 Oct 1985
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Coração Brasileiro
MPB - Released by Universal Music Ltda. on 4 Nov 1983
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Elba Ramalho No Maior São João do Mundo (Ao Vivo)
World - Released by Deck on 24 Jun 2022
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Focus - O Essencial de Elba Ramalho
MPB - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 25 Nov 2022
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Solar
Pop/Rock - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 15 Oct 1999
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