Monday 28 December 2015

Joan Crawford


even though this blog is not concerned with Hollywood celebrities unless they performe some sort of musical act on the stage... we could not overlook such a star as Joan Crawford seen here holding a MANCHETE magazine with herself on the cover while visiting Rio de Janeiro in July 1960.


Monday 9 February 2015

Louis Armstrong - November 1957

Brazilian Marine Police file on Louis Armstrong when he visited the country in 1957 to ´play trumpet and sing the blues in Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro. Armstrong played to President Juscelino Kubitschek and me the Brazilian music royalty like Pixinguinha, Ataulpho Alves, Herivelto Martins etc.
Louis relaxes at his Hotel Jaraguá room on 23rd November 1957.


17 November 1957; 24 November 1957.
Satchmo & Adalgisa Colombo, Miss Brazil 1958. 
Armstrong & Elizeth Cardoso. 
Sonia Ribeiro, Louis Armstrong & Blota Junior have a little chat during Armstrong's performance. 
the Beauty & the Beast... 
'A Gazeta Esportiva', 23rd November 1957
Angela Maria & Louis Armstrong.