Emílio Santiago

Emílio Vitalino Santiago (6 December 1946 – 20 March 2013), known as Emílio Santiago, was a Brazilian singer.

Biography

Early years Attending college at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Law School in the 1970s, where he graduated at the insistence of his parents, he began to sing in college festivals that same decade and participated in a program, reaching a final program Flávio Cavalcanti, in defunct TV Tupi. He worked as a crooner at Ed Lincoln orchestra, and in many performances in nightclubs and concert halls nightly.

Music career In 1973 he released the first single for Polydor Records, with songs "Transa de amor" and "Saravá Nega", which caused major interests in radio and television programs.

The first record was released by CID in 1975, with forgotten songs of enshrined composers as Ivan Lins, João Donato, Jorge Benjor, Nelson Cavaquinho, Guilherme de Brito, Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle, among others. He moved the following year to the Philips/Polygram, staying on this label until 1984, by which released ten albums – all with little effect. In 1985, he was chosen as the best performer in the "Festival of Festivals", TV Globo with the song "Elis, Elis".

His success actually came in 1988, when he released the LP Brazilian "Aquarela Brasileira" (Brazilian Watercolor) by Som Livre, a special project of seven volumes devoted exclusively to the repertoire of Brazilian music, the project surpassed four million copies sold. At that time, also released other special projects, as a tribute to singer Dick Farney ("Perdido de Amor" (Lost Love), 1995) or rewriting classics of Hispanic Bolero ("Dias de Luna", 1996).

He represented Brazil at the OTI Festival 1993 with the song "", placing second.

In 2000, he signed with Sony Music. The album that marks the debut on the new label is "Bossa Nova", which brought many classics of the genre and also yielded a DVD. Continued with a "Um sorriso nos lábios" (2001), a tribute to Gonzaguinha and another to João Donato in 2003.

His latest album was "O melhor das aquarelas ao vivo" (The best of watercolors live) where he revised the repertoire of Brazilian music that he recorded since the album " Aquarela Brasileira" (Brazilian Watercolour (1988). That was the first live album and second DVD of Emilio's career after "Bossa Nova" (2000).

Death Santiago suffered a stroke on March 7, 2013. At first he seemed to be responding to treatment, but his health worsened and on 20 March 2013, at 6:30 in the morning, the singer died at the age of 66 in Samaritan Hospital, Rio de Janeiro. Emílio Santiago was laid in state at the Rio de Janeiro Chamber of Councilors and was buried in the Memorial do Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Caju, Brazil. (Port Area of Rio de Janeiro)

Discography 1975 – Emílio Santiago 1976 – Brasileiríssimas 1977 – Comigo é assim 1977 – Feito pra ouvir 1978 – Emílio 1979 – O canto crescente de Emílio Santiago 1980 – Guerreiro coração 1981 – Amor de lua 1982 – Ensaios de amor 1983 – Mais que um momento 1984 – Tá na hora 1988 – Aquarela Brasileira 1989 – Aquarela Brasileira 2 1990 – Aquarela Brasileira 3 1991 – Aquarela Brasileira 4 1992 – Aquarela Brasileira 5 1993 – Aquarela Brasileira 6 1995 – Aquarela Brasileira 7 1995 – Perdido de amor 1996 – Dias de luna 1997 – Emílio Santiago 1998 – Emílio Santiago 1998 – Preciso dizer que te amo 2000 – Bossa nova 2001 – Um sorriso nos lábios 2003 – Emílio Santiago encontra João Donato 2005 – O melhor das Aquarelas – ao vivo 2007 – De um jeito differente 2010 – Só Danço Samba 2011 – Personalidade