![]() Jorge Ben's first public appearances were in small festivals organised by his friends, where bossa nova and rock and roll predominated. But as that phase in Brazilian pop music history passed, and bossa nova became better known throughout the world, Jorge rose to prominence. ![]() The hybrid rhythms that Jorge employed brought him some problems at the start of his career, when Brazilian music was split between the rockier sounds of the Jovem Guarda and traditional samba with its complex lyrics. One week later, Jorge Ben's first single was released. In 1963, Jorge came on stage and sang " Mas Que Nada" to a small crowd that happened to include an executive from the recording company, Philips. It was at one of those clubs in which he performed that his musical career took off. He also took part as a pandeiro player in the blocos of Carnaval, and from eighteen years of age, he began performing at parties and nightclubs with the guitar his mother gave him. Jorge Ben obtained his first pandeiro (Brazil's most popular type of tambourine) when he was thirteen, and two years later, was singing in a church choir. ![]() ![]() Biography Early life and career īorn Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes, he first took the stage name Jorge Ben after his mother's name (of Ethiopian origin) but in the 1980s changed it to Jorge Ben Jor(commonly written Benjor). ![]()
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