Evaldo Gouveia de Oliveira (8 August 1928 – 29 May 2020), better known as simply Evaldo Gouveia, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genre MPB.
Life Born in Orós, a small city in the Brazilian state of Ceará, he moved with his family to neighboring city of Iguatu when only 3 months old.
At the age of 11, he moved to his birth state capital city of Fortaleza where he started his precocious musical career. There in the 1950s he created and joined a band called Trio Nagô with his fellow musicians and friends Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza, releasing six studio albums and various extended plays.
Eventually, Gouveia went to Rio de Janeiro in order to pursue a solo career, and achieved stardom due to his friendship with fellow singer Altemar Dutra, who helped Gouveia by singing his songs and making them popular.
As a solo act, Gouveia released seven studio albums and various extended plays, most of them featuring fellow singers Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim, even though they never formed a band.
Illness and death In late 2017, Gouveia suffered a stroke that left him with lifelong sequelae.
On 29 May 2020, Gouveia died in Fortaleza at the age 91 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
Discography With Trio Nagô Studio albums Year Album Album details 1956 Aquarela Cearense Label: Sinter Format: Vinyl 1956 LP Trio Nagô Label: Independent Format: Vinyl 1956 LP Trio Nagô Label: Continental Records Format: Vinyl 1958 LP Trio Nagô Label: RCA Victor Format: Vinyl 1959 Um passeio com o Trio Nagô Label: RCA Victor Format: Vinyl 1972 No tempo dos bons tempos 4 - Em tempo de nordeste(With Jorge Fernandes, Trio Marajá and Vanja Orico) Label: Fontana Records Format: Vinyl
Solo act Studio albums Year Album Album details 1970 História da Música Popular Brasileira(With Jair Amorim) Label: Abril Cultural Format: Vinyl 1975 Os Grandes Sucessos de Evaldo e Jair Amorim na voz de Evaldo Gouveia Label: RCA Camden Format: Vinyl 1976 Brasil Especial(With Jair Amorim) Label: Som Livre Format: Vinyl 1977 Nova História da Música Popular Brasileira(With Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim) Label: Abril Cultural Format: Vinyl 1983 História da Música Popular Brasileira - Série Grandes Compositores(With Adelino Moreira and Jair Amorim) Label: Abril Cultural Format: Vinyl 1990 Série Inesquecível - Grandes Compositores(With Jair Amorim) Label: RGE Format: Vinyl 2011 O Trovador - Uma homenagem a Evaldo Gouveia Label: Independent Format: CD
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