Wilson Simonal

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Wilson Simonal in 1972

Wilson Simonal (actually Wilson Simonal de Castro , born February 23, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro , † June 25, 2000 in São Paulo ) was a popular Brazilian singer.

Life

Simonal began his career while serving in the military, singing English music and calypsos in bars or on boats .

He was discovered in 1963 by the Brazilian composer and producer Carlos Eduardo Imperial , who made it possible for him to make his first appearances on the television program Os Brotos Comandam . In the same year, Simon's first album, Balanço Zona Sul, was released . In collaboration with Carlos Imperial emerged very successful Samba - and Bossa Nova -Nummern as Nem Vem Que Não Tem (inter alia be heard on the soundtrack.. City of God ), Mamãe Passou Açúcar em Mim , País Tropical , Sá Marina and the piece Meu Limão, Meu Limoeiro (well-known Brazilian folk song about a lemon tree, also known internationally in the English version Lemon Tree by Will Holt ), with which he also became known outside of Brazil.

In 1966 and 1967 he was the star of the entertainment show Show em Si Monal , where he popularized the style of music Pilanem , a fusion of soul , jazz , samba and boogaloo . Furthermore, in 1969 he conducted a choir with 15,000 people during the IV Festival Internacional da Canção in the sports arena Ginásio do Maracanãzinho , which is in the vicinity of the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro .

In 1972 Simonal's career was over. He was accused of being an informant for the military dictatorship when two of his professional colleagues were falsely reported of theft and badly beaten for it. He was only acquitted of the allegations posthumously in 2003 after his widow, lawyer Sandra Manzini Cerqueira, glimpsed the military files and found that Wilson Simonal's name was nowhere on the informant lists.

Musically he did not publish anything until 1994, when the compilation A Bossa de Wilson Simonal came out.

In June 2000 he died of cirrhosis of the liver , which was the result of alcoholism that had persisted since the 1980s . Simonal's sons Wilson Simoninha and Max de Castro are now well-known musicians in Brazil.

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personal data
SURNAME Simonal, Wilson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 2000
Place of death São Paulo