- She is a singer.
- Her stepfather's grandfather was Booker T. Washington, founder of the highly regarded Tuskegee Institute, the first black university in the United States .
- In addition to being a singer, she is a music teacher at a school in Rio de Janeiro.
- With a distinctive swinging voice and intensity in her style, Pittman was a brilliant scat singer who turned insipid novelty tunes and light pop into definitive, jazz based treatment.
- Owner of great musical eclecticism and notorious vocal virtuosity, Eliana has performed in many countries around the world (France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Venezuela, Mexico and the United States), having performed, for example, at the legendary Olympia venue in Paris and on comedian Jerry Lewis ' show . She also performed alongside legendary showman Sammy Davis Jr.
- In the late 1960s, Geraldo Azevedo came to Rio from the Northeast at Eliana's invitation to accompany her on the show "Positivo Eliana", and soon became one of the biggest names in Brazilian music.
- Her first great hit was Tristeza, recorded in 1966, which gained her instant recognition in South America, though she never had a huge hit like Astrud Gilberto's Garota de Ipanema.
- The stepdaughter of the jazz saxophonist Booker Pittman, she was deeply influenced and encouraged by him to become an artist, as he was her first music teacher, mentor and partner on some records.
- In 2001, Pittman opened a new tour starting from Rio de Janeiro. Since then, she has been alternating moments of reclusion and some activity as a TV actress.
- During the 60s and 70s, she toured throughout Brazil, Italy, France, Japan, US, Spain and Venezuela.
- Pittman was one of the more soulful singers of the early 1970s.
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