Alaíde Costa Silveira Mondin Gomide, known as Alaíde Costa, was born on December
8, 1935, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She started her musical career at a young
age, winning local singing competitions and appearing on radio shows. Her
professional debut came in 1957 at the Avenida club in Rio de Janeiro. Costa
released her first album, Gosto de você (1959), featuring compositions by
prominent bossa nova artists such as João Gilberto and Tom Jobim. Throughout the
1960s, she released several albums, including Alaíde canta suavemente (1960) and
Alaíde, jóia moderna (1961). In 1972, Co...