# Zé da Gaita | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 22:15 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Zé da Gaita
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ze-da-gaita`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 22:15 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-0cd85bcf6a16113a
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1213
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 2
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: O Suburbano
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Zé da Gaita is the stage name of José Francisco dos Santos, an accordionist who came up in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Marechal Hermes during the 1940s. He started playing on an instrument his father gave him, listening to the samba and chorinho sounds around him and to players like Sivuca and Jackson do Pandeiro. He was part of the group Os Cariocas in the 1960s before going...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. O Suburbano — https://lyroverse.com/ze-da-gaita/o-suburbano