Singer Miltinho, who was successful in the 60s, dies in Rio.
The body of singer Miltinho was laid to rest from 9 am to 17 pm this Monday (8) at Memorial do Carmo, in the port area of Rio, before cremation, in a ceremony reserved for the family; interpreter of Brazilian popular music of great success in the 60s, Milton Santos de Almeida, Miltinho, died on Sunday (7), at age 86, of cardiac arrest, at Hospital do Amparo
Paulo Virgílio - Reporter for Agência Brasil
The body of singer Miltinho was laid to rest from 9 am to 17 pm today (8) at Memorial do Carmo, in the port area of Rio, before cremation, in a ceremony reserved for the family. A highly successful interpreter of Brazilian popular music in the 60s, Milton Santos de Almeida, known as Miltinho, died this Sunday (7), at the age of 86, from cardiac arrest, at Hospital do Amparo, in Rio Comprido, north of the city. According to relatives, he had been hospitalized for two months for treatment of a lung problem.
Miltinho was from Rio de Janeiro and began singing in the 1940s as the vocalist for important musical groups of the time, including Anjos do Inferno, which even toured the United States accompanying singer Carmen Miranda. In the following decade, he was the crooner for the Orquestra Tabajara, led by Severino Araújo, and the group Milionários do Ritmo, led by Djalma Ferreira.
Miltinho's solo career began in 1960, and with his distinctive voice and style, he quickly achieved popular success with recordings of songs such as "Mulher de 30" (by Luiz Antonio), "Palhaçada" (by Luiz Reis and Haroldo Barbosa), and "Mulata Assanhada" (by Ataulfo Alves). In the 70s, he recorded a series of albums entitled "Dóris, Miltinho e Charme," in partnership with the singer Dóris Monteiro.
“Miltinho was one of those stylish singers, with a nasal voice and a whole sense of rhythm, which he exercised with opulence in anything he sang. In samba, especially in samba-canção, he was one of the greatest interpreters, due to the exceptionality of the style,” defined Ricardo Cravo Albin, researcher and historian of Brazilian popular music.
In 2008, the singer was the subject of a documentary, "No tempo de Miltinho" (In Miltinho's Time), by André Weller, which won the award for best Brazilian short film at the "É tudo verdade" (It's All True) festival the following year. In his testimony for the film, Miltinho states: "I'm not a star of anything. I'm just a simple samba singer. Which honors me greatly."