Cauby Peixoto
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| Born |
Cauby Peixoto 10 February 1931 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died |
15 May 2016 (aged 85) São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Other names | Ron Coby Coby Dijon |
| Occupation | Singer, composer |
| Years active | 1947–2016 |
Cauby Peixoto (10 February 1931 – 15 May 2016) was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016. He is known for his deep voice and extravagant mannerisms and hairstyles. He had a brief career in the United States in the 1950s, where he presented under the pseudonyms Ron Coby or Coby Dijon.
Cauby Peixoto was born in Niterói from a family of musicians. The father (known as Cadete) played the guitar, the mother mandolin, the brothers and sisters were singers. Cauby was nephew of pianist Romualdo Peixoto, who popularized the samba in that instrument. He studied at a Salesian school in Niteroi, where he sang in the choir of the church. He worked in the trade until he decided to participate in talent shows on the radio.
Cauby recorded his first album in 1951 which was called "Saia Branca", at the time, for not being very famous, there was little effect. Once, in 1952, Cauby decided to go to São Paulo, where he met a man who changed his life, his name was Di' Veras, which was a famous talent manager, and was known for his great marketing strategies. Di' Veras asked to get your dental arcade Cauby and deploy a new arcade, was already a step, because during the visual change of Cauby, he did not fail to burn discs. Another step for Cauby was the transformation in the sense of dress, by being humble, dressed an unusual mode for an artist of the time. In 1955, Cauby released his first success in Brazil, a Portuguese version of Blue Gardenia, at the time, success in the voice of Nat King Cole, greatest Idol of Cauby, and theme song of the film The Blue Gardenia. Di' Veras managed Cauby until 1958, when Cauby reached the 5th place among the most played albums in the USA.
In 1956 he appeared in the film Com Água na Boca singing the song Conceição. Cauby was invited for a tour to the USA by Cardinal Spellman, in 1955, where she sang "Ave Maria" in the ship in which they were, where recorded, under the stage name of Ron Coby, and recorded several albums with the Orchestra of Paul Weston, singing in English. Cauby was going and returning from the United States between 1955 and 1958, Cauby had two artistic names in the United States, Ron Coby from 1955 to 1957, and Coby Dijon 1958 to 1959, Cauby arrived on the 5th place of most-played records in the USA with a compact disc recorded on Epic Records. Ron Coby/Coby Dijon sang with Bing Crosby singing "Bahia", in 1955. In 1959, with Marlene Dietrich. With Carmen Miranda, in 1955, in Beverly Hills, California. Coby Dijon sang with Louis Armstrong and with his childhood idol, Nat King Cole, to whom he dedicated an album years later, in 2015. In 1979, with Elis Regina, with whom he recorded "O Bolero de Satã".
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