Wanderléa
Brazilian singer (born 1944)
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Key Takeaways
- Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim (born June 5, 1944 in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer and former co-host of the historic television show Jovem Guarda alongside Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos.
- Wanderléa was nicknamed Ternurinha (roughly "little darling") after her first hit "Ternura" ("Somehow it got to be tomorrow").
- After her birth, the family moved to the city of Lavras, also in Minas Gerais.
- She became known in the late 1950s singing on radio.
- In 1965, she was invited to present a television show together with singers Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos, the famous Jovem Guarda show, which soon became the first youth movement in Brazil, influenced by the Beatles.
Wanderléa Charlup Boere Salim (born June 5, 1944 in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian singer and former co-host of the historic television show Jovem Guarda alongside Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos. The show aired on TV Record between 1965 and 1968. Wanderléa was nicknamed Ternurinha (roughly "little darling") after her first hit "Ternura" ("Somehow it got to be tomorrow").
Biography
Wanderléa was born on June 5, 1944, in Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil to Lebanese immigrant parents. After her birth, the family moved to the city of Lavras, also in Minas Gerais. In 1955, they moved to the Ilha do Governador neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
She became known in the late 1950s singing on radio. In the early 1960s she made her first phonographic recordings of rock and roll, and impressed by the way she sang.
In 1965, she was invited to present a television show together with singers Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos, the famous Jovem Guarda show, which soon became the first youth movement in Brazil, influenced by the Beatles. Wanderléa was responsible for influencing fashion among girls from the 1960s in Brazil, becoming the first pop star in the country.
Personal life
Wanderléa suffered many losses in her life. The first of these was when she was ten years old, when her older sister was killed by a stray bullet. This fact forever shook the life of Wanderléa and her entire family.
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