Carmen Costa

Successful interpreter of carnival marchinhas and other genres, Carmen Costa also participated in several films and in the Bossa Nova Festival in Carnegie Hall in 1962. Around 1935 she moved to Rio de Janeiro where she started to participate in novice shows in several radio stations. In 1938 she formed a duo with the composer Henric+úo, recording the hits "Onde Est+í o Dinheiro" (Henric+úo), "Dance Mais Um Bocado" (Henric+úo/Pr+¡ncipe Pretinho), and "Samba, Meu Nego" (Buci Moreira/Miguel Ba+¦so) with him. Her first solo recording (in 1942) was the classic "Est+í Chegando a Ho...