Gal Costa

Gal Costa (born Maria da Gra?a Costa Pena Burgos September 26, 1945) in Salvador, Brazil, is a popular singer in Brazil.

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Influenced by music from a young age by her record store owner father, Costa became one of Brazil's foremost female Tropicalismo movement singers and viol?o players during the late 1960s and 70s. Along with her friend Maria Beth?nia, she became a political activist often coming into conflict with Brazil's government when dissent in music was censored. Fellow musician Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania's brother, introduced her to Gilberto Gil and Tom Z? in 1963, who managed to secure her a recording deal in S?o Paulo for her debut album Domingo with Caetano Veloso. In 1973, the cover of Costa's album India was censored due to her wearing a risque red bikini. Costa has recorded songs composed by a number of Brazil's most popular songwriters such as Tom Jobim, Jorge Ben Jor, and Erasmos Carlos. In 1982 the single "Festa Do Interior" from the double album Fantasia became her biggest ever hit, going multi-platinum by the end of the year. Costa appeared in the 1995 film The Mandarin (Madarim, O) as the singer Carmen Miranda. She has recorded songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

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September 26: September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining....

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