Lulu Santos, stage name

Stage name

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 of Luiz Maurício Pragana dos Santos (Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, May 4, 1953) is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian singer and guitarist

Guitarist

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, considered one of the great names of Brazilian rock

Brazilian rock

Brazilian rock refers to rock music produced in Brazil and usually sung in Portuguese.-Overview:Rock entered the Brazilian music scene in 1956, with the screening of the film The Blackboard Jungle, featuring Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", which would later be covered in Portuguese by Nora...

.

Career

Beginning in the progressive

Progressive rock

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 band Vímana, Lulu left the band and embarked on a solo career that produced several hits, such as "Tesouros da Juventude" (a tribute to John Lennon

John Lennon

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, written with Nelson Motta

Nelson Motta

Nelson Cândido Motta Filho is a Brazilian journalist, songwriter, writer, and record producer.He was part of the bossa nova movement, collaborating with Edu Lobo, Dori Caymmi, Lulu Santos, Rita Lee, Djavan and others, and producer for several MPB artists, such as Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Daniela...

), "De Repente Califórnia", "Tempos modernos", "Adivinha o quê", the smash hit "Como uma onda (Zen-surfismo)", another Lulu Santos/Nelson Motta partnership and "Um certo alguém". The 1984 album Tudo Azul brought the hits "O último romântico" (whose instrumental arrangement was heavely based on George Harrison

George Harrison

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's song "Greece", from the 1982 album Gone Troppo

Gone Troppo

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), "Certas coisas" and the title track.

In 1986, the album Lulu had "Casa" and "Um pro outro". Lulu sold 250,000 copies. The 1988 album Toda Forma de Amor had the optimistic song "A Cura" (with the lyrics "In every port will fly/the old flag of life/In every lighthouse will burn/a glimmer of hope...Strongly defying the notion/That hell is here/There will be/Every race will experience/The cure for all evils". "A Cura" was the most played song in FM radio in the year.

Discography

Year	Title	Sold
1982	Tempos Modernos	150.000 (Gold)
1983	O Ritmo do Momento	350.000 (Platinum)
1984	Tudo Azul	400.000 (Platinum)
1985	Normal	180.000 (Gold)
1986	Lulu Santos	170.000 (Gold)
1988	Toda Forma de Amor	240.000 (Gold)
1989	Popsambalanço: e Outras Levadas Popsambalanço: e Outras Levadas Popsambalanço is an album by Brazilian singer and songwriter Lulu Santos released in 1989.-Tracklisting:#Brumário#Eu Não#E.O.Q.A#Samba dos Animais#Pop Coração#O Rei#Perguntas#A2#Vicino#Os Sobreviventes#Parangolé...	80.000
1989	Amor à Arte - Lulu Santos e Auxílio Luxuoso Ao Vivo	100.000 (Gold)
1990	Honolulu	70.000
1992	Mondo Cane	60.000
1994	Assim Caminha a Humanidade	950.000 (3x Platinum)
1995	Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu	1.000.000 (Diamond)
1996	Anticiclone Tropical	400.000 (Platinum)
1997	Liga Lá	150.000 (Gold)
1999	Calendário	120.000 (Gold)
2000	Acústico MTV	900.000 (3x Platinum)
2002	Programa	160.000 (Gold)
2003	Bugalu	120.000 (Gold)
2004	MTV Ao Vivo	200.000 (Platinum)
2005	Letra & Música	50.000 (Gold)
2007	Longplay	50.000 (Gold)
2009	Singular