Fondly nicknamed 'Furacao' (hurricane) and 'Pimentinha' (little pepper), Elis
Regina is widely regarded as one of Brazil's greatest ever singers and a
profound influence on Brazilian singers who followed. Yet she came from the
humblest of beginnings, growing up in a poor family at Porto Alegre in the south
of Brazil where her love of music was established at an early age through
listening to the radio and learning songs both in Spanish and Portuguese. Taking
piano lessons from the age of nine, she made her public debut on local radio
show 'Clube do Guri', winning first prize in a...