Neguinho da Beija-Flor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Neguinho da Beija-Flor

Brazilian singer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Profession: composer, singer, vocalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Brazil

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Neguinho da Beija-Flor

  • Neguinho da Beija-Flor, whose real name is Luiz Feliciano Antonio Marcondes, (born June 29, 1949 in Nova Iguaçu) is a samba singer and composer.
  • He has been the official interpreter of the Beija Flor since 1976. He is the son of a musician.
  • Owning both a powerful voice and great vocal technique, he debuted as lead-singer at the Samba Group Lion of Iguaçu in 1970, transferring to the musical group Beija-Flor ( from Nilópolis/RJ) , in 1975.
  • There he created the slogan "Just feel the Beija-flor around, folks!". He released his first album in 1980, which was followed by other ones, with hits such as the samba-theme "The Story of the Five Balls of Rio" (Silas de Oliveira / Dona Ivone Lara / Bacalhau), "Aquarela Brasileira (Silas de Oliveira), "Dreaming of King means Lion " (of his own) or samba-calções (slow sambas) like "Nervos de Aço" (Lupicinio Rodrigues).
  • Other musical hits are "Ângela" (Serginho Meriti / Alexandre), "Divina" (Alexandre), "Magali", "Esmeralda" and "O Campeão" (the champ), his most successful composition, usually sung at soccer matches ("Next Sunday I''m gonna go to Maracanã / I'll root for the team I'm a fan"/ I'm gonna take fireworks and flags). He easily won the award for 1991 in the category "best samba-theme singer."In 2005 he released his first DVD, in the Cidade do Samba (City of Samba) , with the presence of Sandra de Sá. He married Elaine Ramos on February 23, 2009 in Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí shortly before singing in carnaval.
  • The wedding was broadcast on network coverage of carnival. In May 2011 he announced that he would run for mayor in Nova Iguaçu

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also