Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba. During the 1930s, Miranda performed on Brazilian radio and appeared in five Brazilian chanchadas, films celebrating Brazilian music, dance and the country's carnival culture. Hello, Hello Brazil! and Hello, Hello, Carnival! embodied the spirit of these early Miranda films. The 1939 musical Banana da Terra (directed by Ruy Costa) gave the world her "Baiana" image, inspired by Afro-Brazilians from the north-eastern state of Bahia. In 1939, Broadway producer Lee Shubert offered Miranda an eight-week contract to perform in The Streets of Paris after seeing her at Cassino da Urca in Rio de Janeiro. The following year she made her first Hollywood film, Down Argentine Way with Don Ameche and Betty Grable and her exotic clothing and Lusophone accent became her trademark. That year, she was voted the third-most-popular personality in the United States; she and her group, Bando da Lua, were invited to sing and dance for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1943, Miranda starred in Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here, which featured musical numbers with the fruit hats that became her trademark. By 1945, she was the highest-paid woman in the United States. Miranda made fourteen Hollywood films between 1940 and 1953. Although she was hailed as a talented performer, her popularity waned by the end of World War II. Miranda came to resent the stereotypical "Brazilian Bombshell" image she had cultivated and attempted to free herself of it with limited success. She focused on nightclub appearances and became a fixture on television variety shows. Despite being stereotyped, Miranda's performances popularized Brazilian music and increased public awareness of Latin culture. In 1941, she was the first Latin American star to be invited to leave her hand and footprints in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre and was the first South American honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Miranda is considered the precursor of Brazil's 1960s Tropicalismo cultural movement. A museum was built in Rio de Janeiro in her honor and she was the subject of the documentary Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business (1995). |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 9, 1909 (Marco de Canaveses), Died August 5, 1955 (Beverly Hills)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 180 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | 65639 | 10-in. | 12/30/1932 | Chegou a turma boa | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65640 | 10-in. | 1/4/1933 | Sossega o teu corpo sossega! | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65641 | 10-in. | 1/4/1933 | Olá!... | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65642 | 10-in. | 1/5/1933 | Moleque indigesto | Lamartine Babo ; Carmen Miranda | Female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
Victor | 65643 | 10-in. | 1/5/1933 | Quando você morrer | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65644 | 10-in. | 1/6/1933 | Pode ir embora | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65645 | 10-in. | 1/6/1933 | Foi você mesmo | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal trio | vocalist | |
Victor | 65673 | 10-in. | 6/5/1933 | Tarde na serra | Diabos do Céo ; Carmen Miranda ; Mário Reis | Female-male vocal duet and mixed vocal chorus, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | 65703 | 10-in. | 4/10/1933 | Moleque convencido | Diabos do Céo ; Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | 65704 | 10-in. | 4/10/1933 | Violão | Diabos do Céo ; Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | 65725 | 10-in. | 5/2/1933 | Não há razão para haver barulho | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65726 | 10-in. | 5/2/1933 | O despreso é minha arma | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65727 | 10-in. | 5/2/1933 | Tempo perdido | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65736 | 10-in. | 5/18/1933 | Só em saber | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65737 | 10-in. | 5/18/1933 | Elogio da raça | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65738 | 10-in. | 5/18/1933 | Prá quem sabe dar valor | Carlos Galhardo ; Carmen Miranda | Female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
Victor | 65766 | 10-in. | 6/5/1933 | Chegou a hora da fogueira | Diabos do Céo ; Carmen Miranda ; Mario Reis | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
Victor | 65774 | 10-in. | 6/13/1933 | Eu queria ser ioiô… | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65790 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | Por amor este branco | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65791 | 10-in. | 6/29/1933 | Perdi minha mascote | Carmen Miranda ; Patrício Teixeira | Female-male vocal duet | vocalist | |
Victor | 65795 | 10-in. | 7/6/1933 | As cinco estações do anno | Almirante ; Lamartine Babo ; Carmen Miranda ; Mario Reis | Mixed vocal quartet | vocalist | |
Victor | 65810 | 10-in. | 7/19/1933 | Que bom estava | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65814 | 10-in. | 7/20/1933 | Bom dia, meu amor! | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65823 | 10-in. | 8/1/1933 | Tão grande, tão bobo | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist | |
Victor | 65824 | 10-in. | 8/1/1933 | Inconstitucionalissimamente | Carmen Miranda | Female vocal solo | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Miranda, Carmen," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104651.
Miranda, Carmen. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104651.
"Miranda, Carmen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84132449
Wikidata: Carmen Miranda - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q121655
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/27252617
MusicBrainz: Carmen Miranda - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8aee107e-f22b-40cf-95cb-67fce8fa5fbd
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