Carlos Gonzaga's discography by the time the album 'Es tudo para mim' was released.
27 December 1959 - Rio de Janeiro daily 'Correio da Manhã' columnist Nicodemus & Cia reviews Carlos Gonzaga's cover of Neil Sedaka's 'Oh! Carol'. The columnist is extremely biased trying to make fun of Gonzaga's rendition and declares he doesn't understand why RCA would release such a 'bomb'. Well, if he had waited a few weeks he would have known that Gonzaga's cover went to Number One in the whole country. Besides being rude, Mr Nicodemus showed his racist colours in the very last sentence where he uses the word 'escurinha' (coloured one) to poke more 'fun' at Carlos Gonzaga.
27 December 1959 - Nicodemus was such a pusillanimous person that he complains Mr Ramalho Neto, RCA's promotion man, hadn't sent him Neil Sedaka's album to be reviewed. Ramalho must have known Mr Nicodemus character and did the right thing.
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