Carmélia Alves

He formed dance groups and organized blocos for Carnaval and festas juninas.

[2] When Carmélia was 17 years old, she returned to Rio de Janeiro to study and began taking an interest in music.

She began her career at the Hotel Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, where she performed covers of hits by Carmen Miranda.

Their success in Argentina prompted Alves to open a branch of her recording company in Buenos Aires.

[1] Alves died from cancer and Alzheimer's disease at the Jacarepagua Hospital in Rio de Janeiro on 3 November 2012, at the age of 89.