The São Paulo songwriter behind that sticky melody about unrequited love.
For the hit, it's Camisa Molhada. For something else in his book, try Tomou Seu Remédio Hoje? or Coração Erradio.
Most people know him for Camisa Molhada, a song that just landed in 1982 and never really left the Brazilian airwaves. It's a straightforward pop samba about longing that felt familiar to a lot of listeners. He also wrote Nação Corinthiana and Noturno Paulistano around that same period, drawing from the samba and MPB he grew up with in São Paulo.
After Camisa Molhada hit, he kept recording albums like Conversa de Botequim in 1983 and Samba na Taca in 1987. He played with musicians like Paulinho da Viola and Chico Buarque over the years, working through material from pop tunes to more reflective pieces like Carta de Amor. Later recordings included Cinquenta Anos de Vida in 2018.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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