Cauby Peixoto

Cauby Peixoto (10 February 1931 – 15 May 2016) was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016. He is known for his deep voice and extravagant mannerisms and hairstyles. He had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon.

Biography Cauby Peixoto was born in Niterói into a family of musicians. His father, known as Cadete, played the guitar, his mother mandolin, his brothers played trumpet and piano and his sister was a singer. Cauby's uncle, Romualdo Peixoto, introduced the piano into samba recordings. He went to a Salesian school in Niteroi, where he sang in the church choir. Cauby started singing at talent shows on the radio.

Cauby recorded "Saia Branca", his first album, in 1951, but it went unnoticed. In 1952, Cauby went to São Paulo, where he met Di' Veras, a talent manager who would change his life. He was known for his great marketing strategies. Di' Veras asked to get your dental arcade Cauby and deploy a new arcade, was already a step, because during the visual change of Cauby, he did not fail to burn discs. Another step for Cauby was the transformation in the sense of dress, by being humble, dressed an unusual mode for an artist of the time. In 1955, Cauby released his first success in Brazil, a Portuguese version of Blue Gardenia, at the time, success in the voice of Nat King Cole, the greatest Idol of Cauby, and theme song of the film The Blue Gardenia. Di' Veras managed Cauby until 1958, when Cauby reached the 5th place among the most played albums in the USA.

Ron Coby landing by Varig, on 2 August 1955, was the maiden voyage of the Super Constellation of Varig which reduced 72 hours flight from Brazil-New York City air-bridge to 20 hours. In 1956, he appeared in the film singing the song Conceição. Cauby was invited for a tour to the US by Cardinal Spellman, in 1955, where she sang "Ave Maria" in the ship in which they were, where recorded, under the stage name of Ron Coby, and recorded several albums with the Orchestra of Paul Weston, singing in English. Cauby was going and returning from the United States between 1955 and 1958, Cauby had two artistic names in the United States, Ron Coby from 1955 to 1957, and Coby Dijon 1958 to 1959, Cauby arrived on the 5th place of most-played records in the US with a Compact Disc recorded on Epic Records. Ron Coby/Coby Dijon sang with Bing Crosby singing "Bahia", in 1955. In 1959, with Marlene Dietrich. With Carmen Miranda, in 1955, in Beverly Hills, California. Coby Dijon sang with Louis Armstrong and with his childhood idol, Nat King Cole, to whom he dedicated an album years later, in 2015. In 1979, with Elis Regina, with whom he recorded "O Bolero de Satã".

Cauby was named by Time and Life magazines as the Brazilian Elvis Presley.

In 1957, Cauby was the first Brazilian singer to record a rock song in Portuguese, the song Rock and Roll in Copacabana, composed by Miguel Gustavo, the documentary was the most profitable and most successful of the year 2015 in Brazil.

Cauby Peixoto died of pneumonia on 15 May 2016, in São Paulo, after a week internee in a hospital. He was on tour in Brazil with the Brazilian singer Ângela Maria. The tour was celebrating sixty years of the career of each.

Discography

A Bossa de Cauby Peixoto (2015) Cauby sings Nat King Cole (2015) Especial Negue (2011) Reencontro (2013) Minha serenata (2012) Cauby, O mito (2011) Cauby sings Sinatra (2010) Cauby interpreta Roberto (2009) Cauby canta Baden (2006) A Bossa e o Swing de Cauby Peixoto (2004) Cauby Peixoto?! Graças á Deus (2003) Meu coração é um pandeiro (2000) Cauby canta as mulheres (1999) Focus. O essencial de Cauby Peixoto (1999) Millennium. Cauby Peixoto (1999) Série Brilhantes. Cauby Peixoto. Grandes sucessos (1999) Série Brilhantes. Cauby Peixoto (1998) 20 super sucessos. Cauby Peixoto, o professor da MPB (1998) Série Brilhantes. Cauby Peixoto, edição especial (1998) Série Aplauso. Cauby Peixoto (1996) Celebridades da MPB (Disco 1) (1996) Celebridades da MPB (Disco 2) (1996) 20 preferidas. Cauby Peixoto (1996) Cauby canta Sinatra • Som Livre (1995) Frente a frente. Cauby Peixoto & Sílvio Caldas (1995) Cauby! Cauby! (1994) Cauby Peixoto. Estrelas solitárias (1994) Cauby/O que será de mim.. (1994) Acervo. Cauby Peixoto (1993) Acervo especial. Cauby Peixoto (1993) Cauby. Grandes emoções (1993) Cauby Peixoto (1993) A arte do espetáculo ao vivo (1993) Ângela & Cauby (1993) Ângela & Cauby ao vivo (1993) A arte do espetáculo ao vivo. Cauby Peixoto (1992) Ângela & Cauby ao vivo (1992) Grandes emoções - Cauby Peixoto (1991) Convite para ouvir Cauby Peixoto (1991)

Cauby, Elizeth e Nora Ney (1988) Cauby é show (1988) Presença de Cauby Peixoto (1988) Quando os Peixoto se encontram (1988) Cauby Peixoto, Ângela Maria & Agnaldo Timóteo (1987) Cauby! (1986) Cauby Peixoto. Só sucessos (1985) Cauby Peixoto/Amparito • Top Tape (1985) Cauby Peixoto, Agostinho dos Santos, Altemar Dutra, Nélson Gonçalves e Jessé/Série Brilho (1983) Estrelas solitárias • Som Livre/Sigma (1982) Ângela & Cauby • EMI/Odeon (1982) Cauby! Cauby! • Som Livre (1980) Cauby Peixoto • RCA Victor (1980) Cauby. O que será de mim (1980) Cauby sempre Cauby (1980) Cauby Peixoto (1979) Cauby • Som Livre (1976) Ângela Maria & Cauby Peixoto no Canecão (1976) Superstar • Odeon (1972) Os grandes sucesos de Cauby • Tropicana (1972) Cauby interpreta • Fênix (1972) Os grandes sucessos de Cauby Peixoto (1972) Os grandes sucessos de Cauby Peixoto (1969) O explosivo Cauby Peixoto • Fermata (1969) Os grandes sucessos românticos de Cauby Peixoto (1969) Os grandes sucessos de Cauby Peixoto (1969) Os maiores sucessos de Cauby Peixoto (1969) Um Drink com Cauby e Leny - Cauby Paixoto e Leny Eversong (1968) Cauby Peixoto. Porque só penso em ti (1967) Cauby canta para ouvir e dançar (1965) Grandes interpretações/Cauby Peixoto (1965) Porque só penso em ti (1965)

Cauby intérpreta... (1964) Tamanco no samba/A noite de ontem (1963) Tudo lembra você (1963) Minhas namoradas/Madrepérola (1962) O poeta chorou/Aleli (1962) Enamorada/E os céus choraram (1962) Lambuzando o selo/Quebranto (1962) Ave Maria dos namorados/Canção que inspirou você (1962) Canção que inspirou você. Cauby Peixoto (1962) Os grandes sucessos de Cauby Peixoto (1962) Duelo/Brigas (1961) Perdão para dois (1961) Cauby canta novos sucessos (1961) Marina/Drink na praia (1960) De degrau em degrau/Me deixa em paz (1960) Mack the knife/Vila de Santa Bernadette (1960) Lealdade/Ninguém é de ninguém (1960) Se foi passado/No mundo da lua (1960) O sucesso na voz de Cauby Peixoto (1960) Noite/Close to you (1959) Porque e para que/Inveja (1959) Seu amigo Cauby cantando para você (1959) Os grandes sucessos de Cauby (1959) Nono mandamento/Meu amor por você (1958) Linda/Enrolando o rock (1958) Toreador/Viver sem você (1958) Simplesmente/Bela Nápoli (1958) Volare/Triste paixão (1958) Cartilha de amor/Primeiro mandamento (1958) Quero você/Tammy (1958) Música e romance - Cauby Peixoto (1958) Nosso amigo Cauby (1958) Serenata/As três lágrimas (1957) Garotas de Portugal/Outro dia virá (1957) Rock'n'roll em Copacabana/Amor verdadeiro (1957)

Anastácia/Onde ela mora (1957) Não fale de mim/Espera-me no céu (1957) Melodia do céu/Você e eu (1957) O louco/Tinha que ser (1957) Ouvindo Cauby (1957) Os pobres do Brasil/Ser triste sozinho (1957) Abandonado/Se adormeço (1957) Final de amor/A pérola e o rubi (1957) É tão msublime o amor/Sem teu amor (1957) Quando os Peixotos se encontram (1957) Prece de amor. Cauby Peixoto (1957) Blue Gardenia (1956) O show vai começar (1956) "Você, a música e Cauby" (1956) Lisboa antiga/Tentação (1956) Molambo/Amor não é brinquedo (1956) Conceição/Bibape do Ceará (1956) Canção do mar/Volta ao passado (1956) Siga/Acaso (1956) Prece ao amor/Lamento noturno (1956) Canção do rouxinol (1956) Nada além/Flor do asfalto (1956) Cajú nasceu pra cachaça/Ter saudade (1956) Amor cigano/Um sorriso e um olhar (1955) Esperei por você/Tu, só tu (1955) Superstição/Mambo do galinho (1955) Tarde fria/Ci-ciu-ci, canção do rouxinol (1955) Nem toda flor tem perfume/Cabo frio (1955) Palácio de pobre/Criado-mudo (1954) Vaya con Dios/Elvira/ (1954) Blue gardênia/Só desejo você (1954) Daqui para a eternidade/Triste melodia (1954) Mil mulheres/Se você pensa (1954) Tudo lembra você/O teu beijo (1953) Aula de amor/Ando sozinho (1953) Caruaru/Mulher boato (1953) Saia branca/Ai que carestia (1951)

Filmography Carnaval em Marte, cantando "Se você pensa" (1955) Aí vem o general, cantando "Mil mulheres" (1955) Com água na boca, cantando "Conceição" (1956) Com jeito vai, cantando "Melodia do céu" (1957) Canjerê (1957) Chico Fumaça, cantando "Onde ela mora" (1957) Tagarela (1957) Metido a bacana, cantando "O teu cabelo não nega" (1957) Jamboreé, cantando "El toreador" (1957) De pernas pro ar, cantando "Nono mandamento" (1958) Minha sogra é da polícia, cantando "That's rock" (1958) O donzelo, cantando "Vagador" (1970) O corpo, cantando "Blue gardenia" (1992) Ed mort, cantando "Bastidores" (1997)