Carlos Galhardo — born Catello Carlos Guagliardi to Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires before his family settled in Rio — grew up singing opera arias at home and rehearsing duets with an amateur baritone colleague from the tailor shops where he worked, before Francisco Alves, Mário Reis, and Lamartine Babo heard him at a social gathering in 1932 and pushed him onto record. He went on to cut 606 songs across 303 78 rpm discs between 1933 and 1963, second only to Alves in sheer volume, earning the nickname 'O Rei da Valsa' (the King of the Waltz) for his romantic repertoire. Flagging honestly: sources describe his formation through amateur household and workshop singing rather than any single traceable performer he studied under — a genuine headwater.

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Que É Que Há?Carlos Galhardo