Carlos Lyra

Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (11 May 1933 – 16 December 2023) was a Brazilian singer and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He and Antônio Carlos Jobim were the first two music composers, together with lyricists Vinicius de Moraes and Ronaldo Boscoli, to be recorded by João Gilberto on his first LP entitled Chega de Saudade (1959), which was called the first generation of Bossa Nova.

Carlos Lyra
Background information
Born(1933-05-11)11 May 1933
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 90)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenresBossa nova
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • composer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1954–2023
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