1st RECORDING OF: Brazil (aka Aquarela do Brasil) - Francisco Alves (1939)

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“Aquarela do Brasil” (translated as “Watercolor of Brazil”) was put to shellac by singer Francisco de Morais Alves in the summer of ’39, but the song didn’t really catch on until 1942 after being featured in the Disney feature film “Saludos Amigos.” In the U.S. it was the Xavier Cugat version which outsold the competition: https://youtu.be/U--LHqNwnUU

The original 78rpm single was issued on (Brazilian) Odeon 11768 - Aquarella [sic] do Brasil (Ary Barroso) by Francisco Alves, orchestra conducted by Radames Gnattali, recorded August 18, 1939

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