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Thursday, June 19, 2008
  Nao E Facil - Marcos Valle & Patricia Alvi

Everyone say 'happy birthday' to actor Sean Marshall who turns 43 today. Many of you might not recognize the name, but what if I told you that Marshall played the little orphan boy named Pete in Pete's Dragon? I thought that'd jog your memory!

Marshall didn't do a whole lot of acting in his career, but his biggest role as Pete earned him a Saturn Award Nomination for best actor! Not bad for a twelve year old kid!

The song I've posted today is It's Not Easy which is originally sung by Marshall and co-star Helen Reddy. This cover is from the BOSSA DISNEY NOVA album and features bossa nova stars MARCOS VALLE and PATRICIA ALVI. The duo have teamed up on many occasions to sing and record together over the years and this is one of them!









Nao E Facil
Marcos Valle & Patricia Alvi
2004

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Monday, October 29, 2007
  Cruela Cruel - Marcos Valle

Halloween is coming up so the next few days will feature some Halloween themed songs. Today's track is not really Halloween themed but features a Disney villain whose birthday is probably October 31, Cruella De Vil.

Let's go down to Brazil, the home of bossa nova and listen to a version translated into Portuguese and given a smooth, cool sound. All of this is thanks to MARCOS VALLE who is not only a successful bossa nova artist but has also found success bring that style to the mainstream world.

Although Valle has been making music since the 60s, his real influence in the music world was in the 90s when he merged bossa nova with electronica and brought it to the club scene. He called drum 'n' bossa and it was a huge hit.

But this track brings Valle back to his roots and turns the song that was meant to be insulting into a song that I sure Cruella would fine very complementary.









Cruela Cruel
Marcos Valle
2004

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    Over the years, many musical artists have paid tribute to the music of Disney. This blog pays tribute to those artists.

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