Tuca (musician)

Tuca
Background information
Birth nameValeniza Zagni da Silva
Born(1944-10-17)October 17, 1944
São Paulo, Brazil
DiedMay 8, 1978(1978-05-08) (aged 33)
São Paulo, Brazil
Genres
Instruments
Years active1966-1974

Tuca (born Valeniza Zagni da Silva, 17 October 1944 - 8 May 1978) was a Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and singer.[1] She is best known for her collaborations with Françoise Hardy on Hardy's album La Question, and with Nara Leao on Leao's album Dez Anos Depois, both released in 1971.[2]

  1. ^ Filho, Renato Gonçalves Ferreira (2019). "O discurso homoerótico feminino na canção e a ditadura militar brasileira" [The female homoerotic discourse in the Brazilian popular music and the military dictatorship]. Opiniães - Revista dos Alunos de Literatura Brasileira (in Portuguese). 8 (15). Universidade de São Paulo: 136–155. ISSN 2525-8133.
  2. ^ Hardy, Françoise (2018). The Despair of Monkeys and Other Trifles: A Memoir by Françoise Hardy. Port Townsend, Washington: Feral House. ISBN 978-1627310604.