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César Camargo Mariano
César Camargo Mariano (born 19 September 1943) is a Brazilian pianist, arranger, composer and music producer. Biography Mariano was born in São Paulo. In June 1957 the American trombone player Melba Liston invited thirteen-year-old Mariano to participate in her concert at a jazz club in Rio de Janeiro, and he appeared in a program on Rio's Globo Radio called "The Boy Prodigy Who Plays Jazz". Thar same year, Mariano met Johnny Alf, who went to live with Mariano's family due to their great friendship. Together at the family home in São Paulo, Mariano became familiar with arranging, composing, and the arts of cinema and theatre, thanks to Johnny Alf's encouragement. Through his own instincts, tenacity and raw talent, Mariano formed amateur instrumental and vocal groups, when TV Record in São Paulo invited him for a special called "Passport to Stardom" (Passaporte para o Estrelato). In the early 1960s, a teenaged Mariano became famous for his ability to swing and for his legend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in a musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director, though there are important differences. It is distinct from the role of an executive producer, who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Rita
Maria Rita (; born 9 September 1977, São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer. Born Maria Rita Camargo Mariano, she is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her namesake is family friend and famed Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee. She studied at New York University, and worked as a journalist at a magazine for adolescents. Career Maria Rita began singing professionally at the age of 24, although she had wanted to sing since she was 14. Her first CD, ''Maria Rita'', launched her career symbolically, with the first cut on her first album, ''A Festa'' (The Party), being written by Milton Nascimento, the legendary Brazilian singer-songwriter whose career was launched by Maria Rita's mother, Elis Regina, when she began to sing his songs to the national Brazilian audience. The CD went platinum and was a hit worldwide, making her an internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1943 Births
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Myspace
Myspace (formerly stylized as MySpace, currently myspace; and sometimes my␣, with an elongated Whitespace character#Substitute images, open box symbol) is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, it was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influence on technology, pop culture and music. It also played a critical role in the early growth of companies like YouTube and created a developer platform that launched companies such as Zynga, RockYou, and Photobucket, among others, to success. From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social networking site in the world. In July 2005, Myspace was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million; in June 2006, it surpassed Yahoo and Google to become the most visited website in the United States. During the 2008 fiscal year, it generated $800 million in revenue. At its peak in April 2008, Myspace had 115 million monthly visitors; by that time, the recently emerg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 16, 2017, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was broadcast on Univision at 8PM ET\PT. This marked the tenth year Las Vegas hosts the Latin Grammy Awards and also marked the telecasts return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Performers * Residente – "Hijos del Cañaveral" * Alejandro Fernández – "Quiero Que Vuelvas" and " México Lindo y Querido" * Natalia Lafourcade with Carlos Rivera, Flor de Toloache and Los Macorinos – "Mexicana Hermosa" and "Tú Si Sabes Quererme" * Maluma – " Felices los 4" * Alejandro Sanz – "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", " No Es Lo Mismo" and " Corazón Partío" * J Balvin with Bad Bunny, French Montana and Steve Aoki – "Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola", "Unforgettable" and " Mi Gente" * Rubén Blades – "Arayue" * Juanes with Logic and Alessia Cara – "Es Tarde" and " 1-800-273-8255" * CNCO – " Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)" * Banda El Recodo and Lila Downs – " En mi Viejo San Juan" * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on Thursday, November 8, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show aired on Univision. Juan Luis Guerra was the night's big winner, winning 5 awards including Album of the Year. Juan Luis Guerra was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year one night prior to the telecast. Awards Winners are in bold text. General Record of the Year Juan Luis Guerra — " La Llave de Mi Corazón" *Beyoncé featuring Shakira — " Bello Embustero" *Miguel Bosé featuring Paulina Rubio — "Nena" *Gustavo Cerati — "La Excepcion" *Ricky Martin featuring La Mari and Tommy Torres — " Tu Recuerdo" Album of the Year Juan Luis Guerra — '' La Llave de mi Corazón'' *Miguel Bosé — '' Papito'' * Calle 13 — ''Residente o Visitante'' *Ricky Martin — ''MTV Unplugged'' *Alejandro Sanz — ''El Tren de los Momentos'' Song of the Year Juan Luis Guerra — " La Llave De Mi Corazón" * Belinda, Kara DioGua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 7th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held for the first time in New York City, NY. The awards show was held at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, November 2, 2006. Shakira was the big winner winning Album of the Year, one of four awards that she won. She is the first female artist to win Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Awards Winners are in bold text. General Record of the Year Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz — "La Tortura" * Ricardo Arjona — "Acompáñame A Estar Solo" * Fonseca — "Te Mando Flores" * Sérgio Mendes featuring The Black Eyed Peas — " Mas Que Nada" *Julieta Venegas — " Me Voy" Album of the Year Shakira — '' Fijación Oral Vol. 1'' *Gustavo Cerati — ''Ahí vamos'' * Chayanne — '' Cautivo'' * León Gieco — '' Por Favor, Perdón y Gracias'' *Julieta Venegas — '' Limón y Sal'' Song of the Year Luis F. Ochoa and Shakira — "La Tortura" (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz) * Ricardo Arjona — "Acompáñame A Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards
The 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This was the last telecast of the awards nationally in the United States in English with a CBS contract. Effective in 2005, the awards were announced in Spanish with an exclusive Spanish-language telecast. Alejandro Sanz was the big winner winning four awards including Album of the Year. Presenters * Christina Milian, Adam Rodriguez & Jason Ritter - Best New Artist * Fher Olvera, Maria Menounos & Enrique Murciano - Female Pop Vocal Album * Xuxa, Daniella Mercury & Cheech Marin - Best MPB Album * Soraya (musician) - Pays tribute to Celia Cruz * Tyrese - Presents Roselyn Sanchez * Amber Tamblyn & Esai Morales - Best Music Video * The Black Eyed Peas & Wilmer Valderrama - Record of the Year * Daisy Fuentes & Lynda Lopez - Best Alterative Album * Constance Marie, Shawn Robinson & El Cucuy De La Manana - Best Regional Album * Lindsay Lohan & Carlos Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. Coca-Cola ranked No. 94 in the 2024 Fortune 500, ''Fortune'' 500 list of the List of largest companies in the United States by revenue, largest United States corporations by revenue. Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2023, Coca-Cola was the world's List of most valuable brands, sixth most valuable brand. Originally marketed as a temperance bar, temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, Coca-Cola was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1888, Pemberton sold the ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the global soft-drink market throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The name refers to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC (marque), GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production, largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008. General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries. In addition to its four core brands, GM also holds interests in Chinese brands Baojun and SAIC-GM-Wuling, Wuling via SAIC-GM-Wuling, SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. GM further owns GM Defense, a namesake defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military, the vehicle safety, security, and information ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
