Singer Lucio Alves was one of the great stars of the pre-bossa nova "radio singers" era, a crooner and balladeer who moved from the old-fashioned samba-cancao sound of the 1930s into a more cool, modern vocal style, influenced by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and other American pop singers. Along with Dick Farney, Alves was the idol of many younger Brazilians, including artists such as Joao Gilberto, who emulated his cool approach and incorporated it into the new bossa nova style of the late '50s. Although eclipsed by his followers, Alves recorded well into the 1970s, and worked with some of the bossa pioneers...