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| Also known as | Tony Tornado |
| Genres | soul music andfunk |
Antonio Viana Gomes, better known asTony Tornado orToni Tornado (Pirapozinho, May 26, 1930), is a Brazilian actor and singer.[1][2] In 1970 he won the Brazilian stage of the VFestival Internacional da Canção with the soul song "BR-3".
Son of aGuyanese father and aBrazilian mother, at 11 years old Tony ran away from home and ended up inRio de Janeiro where he became a street kid and made a living selling peanuts and shining shoes.
At 18 he served in the Deodoro School of Parachuting along with the future TV presenter and entrepreneurSilvio Santos. In 1957, he fought in theSuez Canal.[3]
Tony began his artistic career in the '60s with the stage name Tony Checker,lip-synching and dancing on Jair Taumaturgo's showHoje é dia de rock. That time Tony imitated singersChubby Checker andLittle Richard. After that, he traveled to theUnited States, where he lived for five years inNew York.
In New York, Tony worked as a drug dealer and pimp,[3][4] to deceive the immigration department, pretending to be an employee of a car wash. At that time, Tony metTim Maia, another Brazilian singer who was living in New York.
Back in Brazil in 1969, he worked inEd Lincoln's group and also sang at night under the pseudonym Johnny Bradfort, the owner of the club forced him to pretend to be a foreigner.
In 1970, he adopted the name with he came to be known, "Tony Tornado". Influenced byJames Brown, Tony was one of the artists who introducedsoul music andfunk in Brazilian music.[5]
That same year, alongside Trio Ternura, he defended the song BR-3, which got the first place in the festival. His first role on television was in 1972, on the telenovelaJerônimo on TV Tupi.
Tornado often participates in several soap operas and miniseries, although almost never in prominent roles. The biggest role of his career on TV wasGregório Fortunato, the "Black Angel", the chief of the security of president and statesmanGetúlio Vargas in the 1993 miniseriesAgosto, based on the work ofRubem Fonseca. Another important role of his career was the foreman Rodésio, who worked for Viúva Porcina (Regina Duarte) inRoque Santeiro. He also appeared asGanga Zumba inCarlos Diegues'sQuilombo.
Tornado was married to actressArlete Salles in the '70s. He is the father of Lincoln Tornado, also an actor and singer.
Tornado later returned to performing on stages all over Brazil singing his greatest hits, accompanied by the band Funkessência and Lincoln Tornado.
Toni, nasceu Antônio Viana Gomes em Mirante de Paranapanema, no extremo oeste de São Paulo, no ano de 1930.
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