Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show “Opinião” (“Opinion”), she is “The Queen of Brazilian Music”. Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single “Carcará”, the artist became a star in Brazil.
Credits:
- Arranged By – Jaime Alem
- Arranged By [Horns] – Jerry Hey
- Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Graham Preskett
- Art Direction – Geraldo Alves Pinto*
- Artwork – Tuninho De Paula
- Artwork [Concept] – Marcos Kilzer*
- Cello – Anthony Pleet*, Benjamin Kennard*, David Bucknall, Jonathan Williams (4), Martin Robinson, Paul Kegg, Philip de Groote, Roger Smith (3)
- Contrabass – Michael Brittain*, Simon Benson
- Contractor – Tonia Davall
- Engineer [Recording In London] – Mike Ross-Trevor
- Engineer [Recording], Mixed By – Antonio “Moogie” Canazio*
- Mixed By [Assisted By] – Christopher*
- Music Director – Max Pierre
- Orchestrated By – Jorginho (3)
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Orlando Abrunhosa
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Marisa Alvarez Lima
- Producer – Guto Graça Mello, Guto Graça Mello
- Recorded By [Assisted By] – Bob Luftus, Chris Potter, Geraldo Tavares, Marcos Vicente, Mike Aarvold
- Songwriter – Roberto Carlos E Erasmo Carlos*
- Viola – Brian Hawkins, David Emanuel, Donald McVay, George Robertson, Ivo Van Der Werff, Katie Wilkinson, Levine Andrade, Michael Cookson, Peter Lale, Roger Chase, Stephen Tees
- Violin – Barry Wilde, Basil Smart, Belinda Bunt, Ben Cruft, David Woodcock, James McLeod*, John Bradbury (2), John Ronayne, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Jonathan Strange, Mark Berrow, Michael De Saulles*, Miranda Fulleylove, Patrick Kiernan, Pauline Lowbury, Peter Tanfield, Roger Garland, Rolf Wilson, Roy Gillard, Simon Fischer, Wilfred Gibson*
- Violin [Spalla] – Gavyn Wright