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Elza Soares

1930 - 2022

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Elza da Conceição Soares (née Gomes; 23 June 1930 – 20 January 2022), known professionally as Elza Soares (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛwzɐ ˈswaɾis]), was a Brazilian samba singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium along with Tina Turner by BBC Radio. Elza was deemed dangerous by the Military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985), and in 1970 her house in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, was machine-gunned by regime agents. Inside were her partner Garrincha and their children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elza Soares is the 731st most popular singer (down from 571st in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 220th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Brazilian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elza Soares ranks 731 out of 4,381. Before her are Patty Pravo, Patti Page, Shoshana Damari, Massimo Ranieri, Montserrat Figueras, and Halid Bešlić. After her are Michel Berger, Jacob Miller, Patricia Kaas, Robertino Loreti, Pharrell Williams, and Shakin' Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Elza Soares ranks 241. Before her are Bora Kostić, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Ross Perot, Liliana Segre, Stanley Myers, and Salvatore De Giorgi. After her are Walter Mischel, Viktor Tsybulenko, Gholamreza Takhti, Robert H. MacArthur, Lazar Berman, and Miodrag Bulatović. Among people deceased in 2022, Elza Soares ranks 200. Before her are Fred Brooks, Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, Dominique Lapierre, Maarten Schmidt, and Kunimitsu Takahashi. After her are Barbara Walters, Jüri Tarmak, Alec John Such, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Jimmy Wang Yu, and Nick Bollettieri.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Elza Soares ranks 271 out of 2,236. Before her are Bernardo Guimarães (1825), Oscar (1991), Branco (1964), Ronald Golias (1929), Fernandinho (1985), and César Sampaio (1968). After her are José de Alencar (1829), Roberto Moreno (1959), Antony (2000), Casemiro (1992), Bruno Senna (1983), and Flávio Costa (1906).

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Among SINGERS In Brazil

Among singers born in Brazil, Elza Soares ranks 8. Before her are Roberto Carlos (1941), Elis Regina (1945), Loalwa Braz (1953), Gal Costa (1945), Maria Bethânia (1946), and Jorge Ben (1942). After her are Naná Vasconcelos (1944), Flora Purim (1942), Luiz Gonzaga (1912), Adoniran Barbosa (1910), Lisa Ono (1962), and Beth Carvalho (1946).

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