Aracy de Almeida

Brazilian singer (1914–1988)

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Aracy de Almeida
Araci de Almeida in 1945
Born	Aracy Teles de Almeida August 19, 1914 Rio de Janeiro, DF, Brazil
Died	June 20, 1988 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other names	Dama da Central Dama do Encantado O Samba em Pessoa
Occupation	Singer
Musical career
Origin	Encantado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Samba
Years active	1933-1988
Musical artist

Aracy de Almeida Portuguese pronunciation: [aɾaˈsi dʒi awˈmejdɐ] (August 19, 1914 – June 20, 1988) was a Brazilian singer, known as a famous artist of the Golden Age of Brazilian radio.^[1] Her 1950 album Noel Rosa e Aracy de Almeida was voted by Rolling Stone one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time.

Early life

Aracy Teles de Almeida was born on August 19, 1914. She was raised in Encantado, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, in a large Protestant family. Her father, Baltazar Teles de Almeida, was a Central do Brasil train conductor, and her mother, Mrs. Hermogênea, was a housewife. She had only male siblings.^{[citation needed]}

She studied in a school in the neighborhood of Engenho de Dentro, where she was a classmate of the radio broadcaster Alziro Zarur [PT], later moving to Colégio Nacional, in Méier. Aracy would sing religious hymns at her local Baptist Church and, in secrecy from her parents, would sing songs of Candomblé deities at their places of worship and in carnival blocks.^{[citation needed]}