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Cauby Peixoto dies at age 85 in São Paulo

The singer had been hospitalized for a week with pneumonia.
His body is scheduled to lie in state at 9 a.m. at the São Paulo State Legislative Assembly.

 He was not on the list.

Singer Cauby Peixoto died on Sunday night (15), at the age of 85, in São Paulo. The singer's official fan club reported that the death was around 11:50 pm. The artist had been hospitalized due to pneumonia since May 9 at the Sancta Maggiore Hospital, in Itaim Bibi, in the South Zone of São Paulo.

The singer's body will be laid out at the São Paulo Legislative Assembly , in Ibirapuera, in the South Zone of the capital, starting at 9 am this Monday (16). The burial will be at Congonhas Cemetery. The time has not yet been announced.

Some friends of the artist said that, on April 9, Cauby Peixoto had a show scheduled in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, but the show was postponed because the artist felt unwell.

This year, the singer was on tour in Brazil with Angela Maria and performed alongside her on May 3rd at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro. On that occasion, Rafael Cortez, a reporter for Vídeo Show, interviewed the singer. Watch here .

The tour celebrated each artist's 60th anniversary. The repertoire included hits such as "Vida da Bailarina," "Cinderela," "Gente Humede," "Bastidores," "Babalu," and "Conceição."

Career

Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, in 1931, Cauby Peixoto Barros began his career in the early 1950s performing on talent shows such as "Hora dos Comerciários" on Rádio Tupi. He recorded his first album for the Carnaval label in 1951, featuring the samba "Saia Branca" by Geraldo Medeiros and the march "Ai, Que Carestia!" by Victor Simon and Liz Monteiro.

In 1952, he moved to São Paulo, where he sang at the Oásis and Arpége nightclubs and appeared on Radio Excelsior.

His ability to perform songs in English impressed future manager Di Veras, who gradually developed a marketing strategy for him that included his attire, repertoire, and stage manner.

In 1953, he recorded two albums for the Todamérica label, featuring the samba-canção "Tudo Lembra Você" by Marvel, Strachey, Link, and Mário Donato; "O Teu Besso" by Sílvio Donato; and "Ando sozinho" by RG de Melo Pinto and Hélio Ramos; as well as the baião-toada "Aula de Amor" by Poly and José Caravaggi, with accompaniment by Poly and her group.

That same year, he signed a contract with Columbia Records, where he debuted the following year with the samba "Palácio de Pobre" by Alfredo Borba and José Saccomani and the march "Criado Mudo" by Alfredo Borba. He then found success with the slow-fox "Blue Gardênia" by B. Russel and L. Lee, with a version by Antônio Carlos, the theme song for the Hollywood film of the same name, which paved the way for his stardom.

It didn't take long for the singer to become a radio idol. He joined the cast of Rádio Nacional and two years later, he was already the most famous singer on the radio, replacing the phenomenon Orlando Silva from 20 years before and being chased by fans wherever he went.

He often had his clothes ripped by his most ardent admirers. Also in 1954, he also recorded the samba songs "Só Desejo Você" by Di Veras and Osmar Campos Filho, and "Triste melodia" by Chocolate and Di Veras, and the march "Daqui para a eterna" by R. Wells, F. Karger, and Lourival Faissal.

In 1955, he released "Blue Gardenia", his first LP in which he performed, among others, the title song; "Triste melodia", by Di Veras and Chocolate; "Um sorriso e um olhar", by Di Veras and Carlos Lima; "Sem entanto nem porque", by Renato César and Nazareno de Brito and "Final de amor", by Cidinho and Haroldo Barbosa.

Still in 1955, he was chosen by the critic Silvio Túlio Cardoso, from the column "Discos populares" in the newspaper "O Globo", as the "best singer of the year" receiving as a prize a "golden record", which was presented in a ceremony in the Golden Room of the Copacabana Palace.

In the mid-1950s, he toured the United States , where he recorded several tracks under the name Ron Coby, attempting an international career that ultimately did not happen, despite having recorded with one of the great conductors of the time, Percy Faith.

He had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon.

In 1956, he appeared in the film Com Água na Boca [pt] 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".