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Brazilian pop singer (1953-2017)
Loalwa Braz
Background information
Birth name
Loalwa Braz Vieira
Born
(1953-06-03)3 June 1953 Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Origin
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
19 January 2017(2017-01-19) (aged 63) Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation(s)
Singer
Years active
1966-2017
Musical artist
Loalwa Braz Vieira (3 June 1953[citation needed] – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian[1] singer, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian recording act Kaoma for their 1989 cover of the hit "Llorando se fue" (by Ulysses Hermosa, lead singer of the popular Bolivian folk group Los Kjarkas), later renamed as "Lambada".[1] She was fluent in four languages, and recorded songs in her native Portuguese, as well as in Spanish, French and English.
^ abCéspedes, Gilka Wara (1993). ""Huayño," "Saya," and "Chuntunqui": Bolivian Identity in the Music of "Los Kjarkas"". Latin American Music Review: Revista de Música Latinoamericana. 14 (1): 52–101. doi:10.2307/780009. JSTOR 780009.
LoalwaBraz Vieira (3 June 1953[citation needed] – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian singer, best known for providing the lead vocals for the French-Brazilian...
Jean Georgakarakos and Olivier Lorsac to promote the song "Lambada". LoalwaBraz was hired to sing lead vocals, other musicians were Chyco Dru (bass)...
thereafter started their own musical career. Other music videos featured LoalwaBraz, Braz Dos Santos, Didi Dos Santos, and other dancers from the Kaoma European...
Hamburg". Bild.de. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-02-22. "Lambada singer LoalwaBraz found dead in Brazil". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2017. "Howard Kaufman...
dead at 73", New York Daily News (January 15, 2017) "Lambada singer LoalwaBraz found dead in Brazil". BBC. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2017...
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