THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,426) Os Vips — “A Volta”/”The Return”
WARNING: If you are from Brazil, read no further! This song was “the second most-requested song for two weeks in the national hit parade, ahead of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Satisfaction’ and the Beatles’ ‘Day Tripper’ . . . [and] reach[ed] the first place soon afterwards, receiving the Chico Viola award in 1966)”. (Alvaro Neder (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.allmusic.com/artist/os-vips-mn0001394257#biography) Written by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos for Os Vips, it possesses one of those utterly perfect melodies.
Alvaro Neder tells us of Os Vips (the VIPs) (courtesy of Google Translate):
The brothers Ronald Luís Antonucci and Márcio Antônio Antonucci were solo singers when they decided to form a vocal duo in 1964. In the same year, they recorded their composition “Tonight” for the collection Reino da Juventude. The single “Emoção” confirmed their popularity, selling 35,000 copies. One of the most successful vocal groups of the Jovem Guarda [Young Guard]*, they had several hits with the songs that Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos wrote especially for them, like “É Preciso Saber Viver,” “Faça Alguma Coisa Pelo Nosso Amor,” “Emoção,” “Largo Tudo e Venho Te Buscar,” and “A Volta” . . . . In that period they participated regularly in the main TV shows of the movement (Jovem Guarda, Novos Nove Show, Excelsior A Go Go) and even were given their own TV show, Linha de Frente. They also participated in the film Abraça-me Forte (Mozael Silva), with Wanderley Cardoso and Rosemary. In the ’70s they became Márcio e Ronaldo, dissolving the duo in 1976, when Márcio became a phonographic producer, doing several successful collections with Os Motokas (in fact, Roupa Nova under pseudonym). With the Jovem Guarda revival in the decade of 1990 they teamed up again, recording in the next year the live album “A Volta” (which sold 300,000 copies) and also performing shows.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/os-vips-mn0001394257#biography
* Juliana Bezerra (courtesy of Google Translate):
In the 1960s, Brazilian music was celebrating Bossa Nova. Elaborate lyrics, sophisticated harmony and a new beat that mixed jazz with samba. It was the youth of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro who were renewing the Brazilian music scene. However, in the suburbs of the same city, there were young people who were more in tune with the rock of Elvis Presley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Jovem Guarda was seen by a part of the intelligentsia as frivolous due to the theme of its songs and its poor melodies.
Live with Ronnie Von:
Here are Peru’s Los Silverton’s with a more British Invasion feel:
Here is Roberto Carlos:
Here is Ed Maciel e sua orquestra:
Here is Lafayette:
Pay to Play! The Off the Charts Spotify Playlist! + Brace for the Obscure 60s Rock Merchandise
Please consider helping to support my website/blog by contributing $6 a month for access to the Off the Charts Spotify Playlist. Using a term familiar to denizens of Capitol Hill, you pay to play! (“relating to or denoting an unethical or illicit arrangement in which payment is made by those who want certain privileges or advantages in such arenas as business, politics, sports, and entertainment” — dictionary.com).
The playlist includes all the “greatest songs of the 1960’s that no one has ever heard” that are available on Spotify — now over 900 songs. The playlist will expand each time I feature an available song.
All new subscribers will receive a Brace for the Obscure 60s Rock magnet. New subscribers who sign up for a year will also receive a Brace for the Obscure 60s Rock t-shirt or baseball cap. See pictures on the Pay to Play page.
When subscribing, please send me an e-mail (GMFtma1@gmail.com) or a comment on this site letting me know an e-mail address/phone number/Facebook address, etc. to which I can send instructions on accessing the playlist and a physical address to which I can sent a magnet/t-shirt/baseball cap. If choosing a t-shirt, please let me know the gender and size you prefer.
Just click on the first blue block for a month to month subscription or the second blue block for a yearly subscription.
Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! / Off the Charts: 60s Rock Revelations😊 