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Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso was born on August 7, 1942 in Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil, into a family of seven children. Influenced by artists such as João Gilberto and Dorival Caymmi, he began his musical career in bossa nova, later collaborating with Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, Chico Buarque and Os Mutantes, mixing Brazilian pop with rock'n'roll and avant-garde music, giving birth to tropicalism. Opening in 1967 with Domingo and Alegria, Alegria, released by Philips, his discography enjoyed its first success with Caetano Veloso in 1968, a crucial year f...