In the 1970s, Maia started to record albums and perform shows promoting his synthesis of AmericanВ soulВ and Brazilian music with elements ofВ sambaВ andВ baiГЈo. Maia managed a deal withВ Polydor/PhilipsВ and recorded the successful single 'Primavera'. Maia also wrote one of Carlos' hits, 'NГЈo Vou Ficar'.В He became more visible after 1969 when he launched his 'These Are the Songs,' which was re-recorded byВ Elis ReginaВ in the next year in a duo with Maia. His first single in 1968, 'Meu PaГs' backed by 'Sentimento', went unnoticed, as was another single, 'These Are the Songs'/'What Do You Want to Bet?', recorded in English for RGE Discos. By the end of 1967 Maia managed to send a homemade recording to Carlos, who got Maia a deal for a single atВ CBSВ and an appearance on theВ Jovem GuardaВ TV program. Carlos was inaccessible, but Maia started to perform in SГЈo Paulo's nightlife and inВ Wilson Simonal's radio program, and also had a televised appearance atВ TV BandeirantesВ withВ Os Mutantes.

Eventually he decided to move to SГЈo Paulo to try and get help to kickstart his musical career from Carlos, who was beginning to enjoy the massive success ofВ Jovem GuardaВ with Esteves. He joined a vocal harmony ensemble, The Ideals, and wrote the lyrics to 'New Love', which was recorded as a demo with guest percussion by a youngВ Milton Banana.В (Maia also recorded the song as a soloist in 1973).В The group's career was derailed in 1963 when Maia was arrested for possession ofВ marijuanaВ and deported back to Brazil.ДЄfter returning, Maia had a few unsuccessful jobs and arrests in Rio. In 1959, Maia went to study in the United States, where he lived for four years.

Imperial eventually suggested another artistic name, Tim, which Maia accepted with reservations. After watching Carlos' concert the following week, Maia left The Sputniks, and went after Imperial for a solo appearance. Maia got annoyed at this, leading him to insult Carlos in the following rehearsals until his bandmate left the group. After a televised appearance onCarlos Imperial'sВ Clube do RockВ onВ TV Tupi, Imperial arranged a solo appearance for Roberto Carlos the following week. In 1957, Maia, Carlos, ArlГЄnio Silva, Edson Trindade and Wellington started the vocal groupВ The Sputniks. They liked to listen to the earliest styles ofВ rock and roll, with both Maia and Ben being nicknamed 'Babulina' after their enthusiastic pronunciation ofВ Ronnie Self's song 'Bop-A-Lena'. Named after the street where they used to hang out, the gang also includedВ Jorge BenВ andВ Erasmo Carlos, among others. He also gave lessons to his friends Erasmo Esteves andВ Roberto Carlos, fellow members of the so-called Matoso Gang. He then took guitar classes and was soon teaching other children in Tijuca. At fourteen, as a drummer, he formed the group Os Tijucanos do Ritmo, which lasted one year. Then known as 'TiГЈo Maia', he wrote his earliest songs at age eight. He began writing melodies while still a child, the second youngest of nineteen children. Maia was born in theВ TijucaВ neighbourhood, in the southern suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. A theatrical retrospective of his career, the popular musicalВ Vale Tudo, was first staged in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.

After his early death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity. Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. Maia contributed toВ Brazilian musicВ within a wide variety of musical genres, includingВ soul,В funk,В bossa nova,В disco,В romantic ballads,В pop,В rock,В jazz,В baiГЈoВ andВ MPB. Tim Maia-В SeptemвЂ“ March 15, 1998), bornВ SebastiГЈo Rodrigues MaiaВ inВ Rio de Janeiro, was aВ BrazilianВ musician known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style.

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