Monday, June 10, 2019

Adoniran Barbosa, Nair Bello & other celebrities

Adoniran Barbosa whose 'Trem das Onze' was his most enduring hit. Here he was 76 years old and ready to board a metropolitan train in Sao Paulo in the late 1970s. Adoniran would die on 23rd November 1982 having reached the age of 70 years. 
Adoniran was born João Rubinato in Valinhos-SP, on 6 August 1912. Here's when he worked at Radio Record de São Paulo. 
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, 1952
Adoniran Barbosa (54) poses for a photo for Manchete, 20 March 1965, on Jaçanã railway station. 
'Manchete', 20 March 1965
Adoniran at Largo São Bento, in 1978.

Nair Bello is a typical example of someone who was born in São Paulo from a middle-classe background who made the grade first working as a speaker at Radio Excelsior, then moving on to Radio Record, the most popular Paulista broadcaster and then reaching for the stars... 

Interview given to Intervalo magazine in September 1963