Ethereal voice of 'Teletema', Regininha leaves an album recorded with Turma da Pilantragem and a song in Roberto Carlos' discography when he dies at the age of 81

Regininha (1945 – 2026), singer who died at the age of 81, had her song recorded by Roberto Carlos in 1981 — Photo: Reproduction / Cover of the album 'Me help that the voice doesn't give!!' (1969)

♬ In October 1981, 45 years ago, Roberto Carlos was in the studio to record the album that he would release on November 26 of that year, 1981. One of the songs was “Simples magic”, composed by Regininha, an artist who worked as a vocalist and collaborated with big names in Brazilian music, including Roberto Carlos.

Regininha was the stage name of Regina Amália Serra de Souza (October 1, 1945 – October 13, 2026), a singer and songwriter from Rio who died today, aged 81, of an undisclosed cause.

“Simples magic” was not a new song when it was recorded by Roberto Carlos. Regininha herself had already recorded the song on an EP released in 1979 with a technical sheet that credited Regininha, Jamil Joanes and Ronaldo Monteiro with the authorship of “Simples magic”.

However, “Simples magic” is a song that would soon be forgotten as the years went by. For the public, Regininha is immortalized as the ethereal voice of the recording of the song “Teletema” (1969), one of the best-known songs from the partnership between Antonio Adolfo and Tibério Gaspar (1943 – 2017). “Teletema” was the main theme of the soundtrack of the soap opera “Véu de Noiva”, shown on TV Globo from October 1969 to June 1970 with great success.

Still in 1969, the golden year of the professional career begun by Regininha at the end of 1966 as a member of the Musicanossa collective (a movement created to focus on bossa nova, then undervalued in Brazil), the singer released what would become the only album in her discography.

Although recorded with A Turma da Pilantragem, as credited on the cover, “Help me because the voice can’t help!!” (1969) can be considered a solo album by Regininha. The title comes from the unusual cry for help made by Regininha while recording the song “Primavera” (Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes, 1964).

In addition to “Primavera”, the singer sang songs such as “Tem dó” (Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes, 1963) and “Deixa a nega gingar” (Luiz Cláudio de Castro, 1960) with the swing of Turma da Pilantragem.

Subsequently, in 1970, Regininha formed the vocal trio Umas e Todas with Dorinha Tapajós and Malu Balona, ​​later dedicating herself to work as a vocalist and jingle singer. However, Regininha was never forgotten for the anthological recording of “Teletema”, a song that leaves the singer immortalized in the history of Brazilian music.