Evaldo Gouveia, singer-songwriter
Evaldo Gouveira de Oliveira ‑ a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genre MPB. – passed away after contracting Covid-19 on May 29, 2020.
Born in Orós, a small city in the Brazilian state of Ceará, he moved with his family to neighboring city of Iguatu with only 3 months old.
At the age 11, he moved to his birth state capital city of Fortaleza where he started his precocious musical carrer. There in the 1950s he created and joined a band called Trio Nagô with his fellow friends Mário Alves and Epaminondas de Souza, releasing six studio albums and various extended plays.
Eventually, Gouveia went to Rio de Janeiro in order to pursue a solo career, and achieved stardom due to his friendship with fellow singer Altemar Dutra, who helped Gouveia by s...