Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes , better known as Jorge Ben Jor (Rio de Janeiro, March 22, 1942 ) is one of the most important musicians from Brazil and is celebrating his birthday 69. His characteristic style fuses samba, funk, rock, pop, Maracatu, bossa nova.
At eighteen, his mother gave him a guitar and began to make presentations at parties and nightclubs. It was in one of those nightclubs that his career began in 1963, climbed the stage and sang "More than Nada" for a small audience, which was an executive of the Philips label. A week later, was released the first album of Jorge Ben . His pace hybrid brought a few problems early, when Brazilian music was split between the Jovem Guarda and traditional samba. Mostly was his first big hit in Brazil, and also one of the Portuguese-language songs popular in the United States until the present day. The song reached the point that was interpreted by renowned jazz artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gilespie and Al Jarreau.
In 1989, Jorge Ben label and changed his stage name, which was modified to Benjor Jorge (Jorge Ben Jor or ). At the time, said the reason was numerology, (and in his own words, "just marketing uma sugestão" ) but, in truth, the change was due to problems with rights author.
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