Google Doodle celebrates Brazilian actress and singer, Elizeth Cardoso's 101st birthday

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Elizeth Moreira Cardoso, (sometimes listed as, Elisete Cardoso), was a singer and actress, of great renown in Brazil. 

Her 1958 album, “Canção do Amor Demais” (“Too Much Love Song”) is widely regarded as the first true bossa nova album, a hybrid style of breezy jazz, and traditional Brazilian music, that captured the stylistic evolutions of the era.   

On 16 July, 1920, Elizete Moreira Cardoso, was born into a family of musicians, in Rio de Janeiro, and debuted as a singer, at just five years old. 

Her first major break, occurred at her 16th birthday party, when an introduction to popular Brazilian musician, Jacob do Bandolim, changed her life.  

Jacó took her to Rádio Guanabara, where, in spite of her father's initial opposition, she appeared on the Programa Suburbano, with Vicente Celestino, Araci de Almeida, Moreira da Silva, Noel Rosa and Marília Batista on August 18, 1936. 

The week after, she was hired by the station, to appear on a weekly program. Following this, she continued to perform on various shows with multiple radio stations. 

Cardoso’s fame continued to grow into the 1940s, with regular appearances, and by performing everywhere, from circuses to ballrooms. 

In 1950, Cardoso, recorded her first hit, "Canção de Amor" (“Love Song”). The explosion of popular reception for this single, paved the way for a fruitful musical career, that was soon followed by success, as an actor in both TV and film.  

Cardoso became an international sensation in the following decades; her heartfelt spin on Brazilian music, garnered standing ovations (with one lasting 15 minutes!), and enchanted audiences globally in 1980s. In 2007, Rolling Stone Brazil, listed Cardoso’s, “Canção do Amor Demais”, among the nation’s top 100 albums of all time. 

Elizeth continued to sing and act with great success until her death. By the end of her life, she had released well over 40 albums in Brazil, Portugal and other countries.  

Cardoso died of cancer, at the age of 69. 

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