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Mário Sousa Marques Filho, better known as Noite Ilustrada (April 10, 1928 – July 28, 2003) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist.[1]
Noite Ilustrada | |
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Birth name | Mário de Souza Marques Filho |
Born | April 10, 1928 |
Origin | Pirapetinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Died | July 28, 2003 75) Atibaia, São Paulo | (aged
Genres | Samba |
Occupation(s) | Singer, guitarist |
Instrument | Classical guitar |
Formerly of | GRES Portela |
The nickname was given by Zé Trindade, who commanded the musical revue Noite Ilustrada in Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais, where the young Mario began his career as a guitarist.
He was born in Minas Gerais (Pirapetinga) and moved to Rio de Janeiro where he joined the GRES Portela. In 1955, along with samba school GRES Portela, was performing in São Paulo and settled there.
In 1958, hired by the Rádio Nacional São Paulo and TV Paulista, recorded his first album that included the song "Cara de Boboca". Then came:
In 1984 he moved to Recife. In 1994, moved to Atibaia, São Paulo, where he lived til his death in 2003, from lung cancer.
He left two unpublished tribute albums, one in honor of Ataulfo Alves and other of Lupicínio Rodrigues.[2]
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