Elis Regina Carvalho Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: ; Porto Alegre, March 17, 1945 – São Paulo, January 19, 1982), popularly known as Elis Regina, was a Brazilian singer of popular and Jazz music. Upon her untimely death at the age of thirty-six she was widely regarded as Brazil's greatest living popular vocalist. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing "Arrastã ... Show More