In June 1963, when Brazil was still a democracy, there was a competition to find new talents & new songs sponsored by 'Rei da Voz', a popular record-shop in Copacabana, Dutch record label Philips do Brasil and TV Guide Intervalo.
Murilo Nery and Míriam Persia were the comperes of the TV show.
The section 'One million for one song' had seasoned acts performing songs written by well-established song-writers like Ted Moreno & Fernando Cesar's 'Penumbra', presented by Lana Bittencourt, João Roberto Kelly's 'Rancho da colombina', performed by Jorge Goulart etc. (see text).
Many young hopefuls took part in the competition... Nelson Ned, who were 90 cm tall had the chance of his life, even though it would take another 6 years from him to break through with 'Tudo passará' (1969). Vocal group The Golden Boys who were siblings and a cousin were related to Trio Esperança who had already reached Number One on the charts with 'Filme triste' (Sad movies) earlier in the year - were luckier. They reached the charts 2 years later with 'Alguém na multidão'.
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