Angela Ro Ro

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Angela Maria Diniz Gonsalves (December 5, 1949, Rio de Janeiro — September 8, 2025, Rio de Janeiro), best known by the stage name Angela Ro Ro, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist. She got the nickname Ro Ro in her adolescence, due to her signature low and hoarse voice, which would later show to conquer Brazil in the late '70s. At age 5, she got an accordion and at age 6, Ro Ro composed a guarânia with it; her first song. At age 8, she began studying classical piano, influenced by icons such as Maysa, Jacques Brel, Ella Fitzgerald (and later Janis Joplin), whom she would elect as her musical idols. In 1971, Angela Ro Ro Ro moved to London and alternated her work as a cleaner and waitress with that of singer and pianist. Back to Brazil, in 1974, she performed in the best nightclubs in Rio de Janeiro, with a repertoire chosen according to her personal preferences. She became known as a singer and songwriter in 1976, when she participated in the rock festival Som, Sol e Surf, or