Carlos Nobre

Son of the conductor Antônio Nobre Filho, Carlos Nobre formed the group Amantes do Samba at age 12, inspired by the Demônios da Garoa. In 1952, having moved to Rio de Janeiro, he met Paulo Gracindo and Adelino Moreira, who encouraged him to be an artist. At the gafieira Danças Brasil he covered Jamelão's breaks, also being the crooner of the Orquestra de Ruy Rey and the vocalist of the bolero club and of the dance group led by Chiquinho do Acordeon. He also performed at radio's Mayrink Veiga (for three years), Clube, Mauá, and Nacional (invited to the latter by Gracindo). His first recording was in 1955 at Polydor with "Toada de Amor" and "Por Que Não Vens" (Peterpan). Achieving second place at Ary Barroso's novice show at the TV Tupi in 1957 (as Barroso explained privately to him, the first prize would be shared by five candidates), Nobre recorded other eight albums through Todamérica, but his first hit came only after his friend Adelino Moreira took him to RCA Victor, where Nobre recorded, with extraordinary success, his biggest hit, the samba-canção "Ciclone" (Adelino Moreira). Now a famous artist, Nobre was awarded in 1959 and 1960 by the TV Record with the Chico Viola prize, for the high selling of his albums "Ciclone" and "Amor em Serenata" (Raul Sampaio/Ivo Santos). Nobre also had originals recorded by other interpreters like "Pressentimento" (with René Bittencourt) and "Amor Desfeito" (with Raul Sampaio).