Angela Ro Ro

{{Short description|Musical artist (born December 5, 1949)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Angela Ro Ro

| image = 26 Prêmio da Música Brasileira (18087963604).jpg

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| caption = Angela Ro Ro in 2016

| birth_name = Angela Maria Diniz Gonçalves

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|5}}

| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| occupation = Singer, composer

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| years_active = 1979–present

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| website = {{URL|www.angelaroro.com.br/}}

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Angela Maria Diniz Gonçalves (born December 5, 1949), best known by the stage name Angela Ro Ro, based on an onomatopoeia of her laughter,[http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/blogs/sintonia-musical/uma-dama-chamada-angela-ro-ro/ Uma dama chamada Angela Roro (in Portuguese)] is a Brazilian singer-songwriter influenced by her idols Ella Fitzgerald, Maysa Matarazzo and Jacques Brel.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p313806/biography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]

Her debut album was voted by Rolling Stone Brazil one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time.[https://archive.today/20120716142933/http://rateyourmusic.com/list/sallamanka/rolling_stones_top_100_brazilian_albums/ Rolling Stone's 100 Brazilian Top Albums (rated on position 73)]

She was one of the first lesbian singers in Brazil to reveal herself as a lesbian.[http://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/blogs/sintonia-musical/uma-dama-chamada-angela-ro-ro/ Uma dama chamada Angela Roro (in Portuguese)]