Wednesday 29 March 2017

William Fourneaud, multi-instrumentalist & night-club singer

Goulart de Andrade, William Fourneaud & the Manfred Fest Trio at TV Tupi, August 1963. 
3rd June 1950 - Diario da Noite - Instrumentalist William Fourneaud holds his accordion and is directed by French band-leader Georges Henry who was really popular at radio auditions beamed by Radio Tupi in Sao Paulo in the 40s & 50s. The newspaper clip says Fourneaud was Mr. Henry's 'trump card'... his discovery. 
2nd December 1956 - OESP nightlife columnist Ms Mary Wynne raves about William Fourneaud's performances at Boite Oasis. She says Fourneaud is better than a lot of 'cartazes internacionais' and it's great when he plays his accordion and imitates the voices of Mario Lanza, Ezio Pinza, Dorival Caymmi, Amalia Rodrigues or Angela Maria. 
 22 December 1957 - Rio de Janeiro daily 'Correio da Manhã' asks Paulistas what they expected for Christmas; William Fourneaud always tongue-in-cheek says he wishes Brazil would launch its own Sputnik...