José do PatrocÃnio Oliveira (JundiaÃ, February 11, 1904 â€" Los
Angeles, December 22, 1987), known by the pseudonym Zé Carioca, was a
Brazilian musician and voice actor.Self-taught on musical instruments,
Zé Carioca played the guitar, ukulele and banjo. He worked as an
employee of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo. In 1931, he went on
to perform at the Columbia Orchestra, directed by Odmar Amaral Gurgel
conductor at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul. At that time, he exchanged the
ukulele by banjo, earning him the nickname Zezinho do Banjo. In 1932,
he went to Rio de Janeiro, through César Ladeira, to perform at Radio
Mayrink Veiga. At that station, he worked alongside the great
composers of that period: Garoto, Pixinguinha, Nélson Souto, among
others. When Ladeira became artistic director of the Cassino da Urca,
took Zé Carioca to perform at the famous carioca casino. Was where he
met Carmen Miranda in 1939.By the 1940s, Zé Carioca started to work
alongside Carmen Miranda together with the Bando da Lua in several
movies from 20th Century Fox, initially participated only the
soundtrack, and then also in scene. It was at this time that he met
Walt Disney, through AloÃsio de Oliveira, starting to dub studio
cartoon characters. The contact with Disney inspired the American
producer to create the character José Carioca, who made his debut in
the 1942 film Saludos Amigos, voiced by Zé Carioca and named after
him. Oliveira became a celebrity with this film, in which he also
performed the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá", and was even more popular
after the 1944 film The Three Caballeros, in which he voiced José
Carioca again. For some scholars, there was at the time a pact between
the US government and Hollywood to produce films of the "Good Neighbor
Policy" strategy for the advancement of U.S. influence in Latin
America during the presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Angeles, December 22, 1987), known by the pseudonym Zé Carioca, was a
Brazilian musician and voice actor.Self-taught on musical instruments,
Zé Carioca played the guitar, ukulele and banjo. He worked as an
employee of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo. In 1931, he went on
to perform at the Columbia Orchestra, directed by Odmar Amaral Gurgel
conductor at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul. At that time, he exchanged the
ukulele by banjo, earning him the nickname Zezinho do Banjo. In 1932,
he went to Rio de Janeiro, through César Ladeira, to perform at Radio
Mayrink Veiga. At that station, he worked alongside the great
composers of that period: Garoto, Pixinguinha, Nélson Souto, among
others. When Ladeira became artistic director of the Cassino da Urca,
took Zé Carioca to perform at the famous carioca casino. Was where he
met Carmen Miranda in 1939.By the 1940s, Zé Carioca started to work
alongside Carmen Miranda together with the Bando da Lua in several
movies from 20th Century Fox, initially participated only the
soundtrack, and then also in scene. It was at this time that he met
Walt Disney, through AloÃsio de Oliveira, starting to dub studio
cartoon characters. The contact with Disney inspired the American
producer to create the character José Carioca, who made his debut in
the 1942 film Saludos Amigos, voiced by Zé Carioca and named after
him. Oliveira became a celebrity with this film, in which he also
performed the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá", and was even more popular
after the 1944 film The Three Caballeros, in which he voiced José
Carioca again. For some scholars, there was at the time a pact between
the US government and Hollywood to produce films of the "Good Neighbor
Policy" strategy for the advancement of U.S. influence in Latin
America during the presidency Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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