Aloysio de Oliveira

Aloísio de Oliveira
Carmen Miranda and the members of the musical group Bando da Lua (from left to right: Zé Carioca, Vadico, Nestor Amaral, Afonso, Stenio and Aloysio de Oliveira).
Background information
Born	December 30, 1914 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	February 4, 1995 Los Angeles, Califórnia
Genres	Samba, Bossa Nova
Occupation(s)	Record producer, singer, actor, Brazilian composer
Labels	Odeon Records, Decca Records, RCA Victor, Elenco, Som Livre, Warner Music

Aloysio de Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, December 30, 1914 — Los Angeles, February 4, 1995) was a record producer, singer, actor and Brazilian composer.

Key figure in the internationalization of Brazilian popular music, Aloysio de Oliveira participated in all the Carmen Miranda career abroad, with the "Bando da Lua" musical ensemble he founded in 1929 with Hélio Jordão Pereira, Afonso Osório, Stênio Osório, Armando Osório, Osvaldo Éboli, Ivo Astolfi, Diego Astolfi and some cousins of the latter whose names are not remembered for a total of 12 people. With the death of Carmen in August 1955 the group disbanded. Back in Brazil, Aloysio directed the command of Odeon Records, then created the "Elenco", producing dozens of disks and launching important names of bossa nova as Tom Jobim.

Aloysio graduated in dentistry, but never practiced the profession. From an early age, had a strong relationship with music. In 1929, he joined the Bando da Lua and already in 1931 the group recorded their first album 78 rpm, in which Aloysio sang one of the two tracks, samba Tá de Mona.

Later, in 1939, traveled to the United States with his group to accompany Carmen Miranda (with whom he had a brief relationship). In the 40s, he began working with Walt Disney soundtracks as a consultant (helped create the character Zé Carioca), narrating documentaries and like cartoon voice actor (the lines in Portuguese of Captain Hook in Peter Pan are his.)

In Saludos Amigos, he sang Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso). In The Three Caballeros participated as actor and also the soundtrack. In addition, he directed the Bando da Lua in its new phase, from 1949 until its end, six years later, with the death of Carmen Miranda, in August 1955.