Caetano Veloso, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Caetano Veloso

Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1942

Place of Birth: Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil

Profession: writer, politician, singer, record producer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, jazz guitarist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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About Caetano Veloso

  • Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso (Portuguese pronunciation: [kae't?~nu emanu'?w vi'?~n? 't?lis ve'lozu]; born August 7, 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist.
  • Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
  • He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since.
  • Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards.
  • On November 14, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year.Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of JosĂ© Telles Velloso (Seu Zeca), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (Dona CanĂ´), a housewife.
  • He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the eastern area of Brazil, but moved to Salvador, the state capital, as a college student in the mid-1960s.
  • Soon after that, Veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label.
  • He became one of the founders of Tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists—including his sister Maria Bethânia—in the same period.
  • However the Brazilian government at the time viewed Veloso's music and political action as threatening, and he was arrested, along with fellow musician Gilberto Gil, in 1969.
  • The two eventually were exiled from Brazil and went to London where they lived for two years.
  • In 1972, Veloso moved back to his home country and once again began recording and performing.
  • He later became popular outside Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s.

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