Linda Batista

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Linda Batista, 1952.

Linda Batista, born Florinda Grandino de Oliveira (June 14, 1919 – April 17, 1988) was a Brazilian popular musician.

Linda was born in São Paulo, the sister of Dircinha Batista, and studied violão (guitar) from age 12 under . She was hired at Radio Cajuti after substituting for her sister on the show in 1932. By 1937 she had been elected Brazil's "Queen of Radio", which she would retain until 1948. She married and quickly divorced in the late 1930s, and became the frontwoman of the at the . Her first recordings were released in 1938. Around this time she also began appearing in films such as Maridinho de Luxo and Banana da Terra.

She sang at the Radio Cultura in Sao Paulo and then at the Casino of for six months. She returned to Rio de Janeiro in 1939 and was hired at the Cassino da Urca, where she remained until the casinos were closed in 1945 by state decree. She signed to Victor Records in 1940, and would record for the label until 1960. She toured throughout Brazil in the early and mid-1940s, scoring many nationwide hits such as "Tudo é Brasil" (1941), "Batuque No Morro" (1941), "Clube Dos Barrigudos" (1944), "No Boteco Do José" (1946), "Enlouqueci" (1948), "Nega Maluca" (1950), and "Vingança" (1951). She embarked on a tour of Portugal, France, and Italy in 1951.

In the 1950s she did extensive work for films. She toured Uruguay in 1957-58 and Argentina in 1959. In 1960, she appeared in 's Varieties show at the nightclub Night and Day. She retired from active performance in 1960.

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Linda Batista, 1960´s.

Hits[]

• A pátria está te chamando, Grande Otelo (1943)
• Amor passageiro, Jorge Abdalla & (1952)
• Bis, maestro, bis!, & J. Maia (1940)
• Bambu, & (1951)
• Batuque no morro, & (1941)
• Bom dia, & Herivelto Martins - as Três Marias (1942)
• Calúnia, Lupicínio Rodrigues & Rubens Santos (1958)
• Chico Viola, & - c/ (1953)
• Coitado do Edgar, & (1945)
• Criado com vó, (1946)
• Da Central a Belém, (1943)
• Dona Divergência, Felisberto Martins & Lupicínio Rodrigues (1951)
• Enlouqueci, João Sales, Luiz Soberano & Valdomiro Pereira (1948)
• Eu fui à Europa, Chiquinho Sales (1941)
• Foi assim, Lupicínio Rodrigues (1952)
• Levou fermento, Monsueto (1956)
• Madalena, & (1951)
• Marcha do paredão, Armando Cavalcanti & Klécius Caldas (1961)
• Me deixa em paz, Airton Amorim & Monsueto (1952)
• Meu pecado, não, & (1953)
• Migalhas, & Lupicínio Rodrigues (1950)
• Nega maluca, & Fernando Lobo (1950)
• No boteco do José, & Wilson Batista (1945)
• O maior samba do mundo, David Nasser & Herivelto Martins - w/Nelson Gonçalves (1958)
• Ó abre alas!, Chiquinha Gonzaga - w/Dircinha Batista (1971)
• Palavra de honra, Armando Fernandes & (1955)
• Prece de um sambista, (1952)
• Quem gosta de passado é museu, herself with (1964)
• Quero morrer no carnaval, Luiz Antônio & Eurico Campos (1961)
• Risque, Ary Barroso - w/ (1953)
• Stanislau Ponte Preta, Altamiro Carrilho & (1959)
• Trapo de gente, Ary Barroso - w/Trio Surdina (1953)
• Tudo é Brasil, Sá Róris & (1941)
• Valsinha do Turi-turé, Custódio Mesquita & Evaldo Rui (1945)
• Vingança, Lupicínio Rodrigues (1951)
• Volta, Lupicínio Rodrigues (1957)

Filmography[]

• (1936)
• Maridinho de Luxo (1938)
• Banana da Terra (1939)
• Céu Azul (1940)
• Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas (1943)
• Samba em Berlim (1943)
• Abacaxi Azul (1944)
• Berlin to the Samba Beat (1944)
• Não Adianta Chorar (1945)
• Caídos do Céu (1946)
• Não Me Digas Adeus (1947)
• Folias Cariocas (1948)
• Esta É Fina (1948)
• Fogo na Canjica (1948)
• Pra Lá de Boa (1949)
• Eu Quero É Movimento (1949)
• Um Beijo Roubado (1950)
• Agüenta Firme, Isidoro (1951)
• Tudo Azul (1952)
• Está com Tudo (1952)
• É Fogo na Roupa (1952)
• Carnaval em Caxias (1954)
• O Petróleo É Nosso (1954)
• Carnaval em Marte (1955)
• Tira a Mão Daí (1956)
• Depois Eu Conto (1956)
• Metido a Bacana (1957)
• É de Chuá (1958)
• Mulheres à Vista (1959)
• Virou Bagunça (1960)

References[]

• Linda Batista at Allmusic