Tim Maia
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Sebastião "Tim" Rodrigues Maia was a Brazilian musician, songwriter, and businessman known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music with
Maia in 1987
Tim Maia's statue in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
Léo Maia, Tim's adoptive son, also became a musician.
Caricature of Tim Maia.
Roberto Carlos (singer)
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Roberto Carlos Braga is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, also known as "King of Brazilian Music" or simply "the King". Most of his songs were written in partnership with his friend Erasmo Carlos. With o
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…do Ritmo, which lasted one year. He took guitar classes and was teaching other children in Tijuca. He gave lessons to his friends Erasmo Esteves and Roberto Carlos, fellow members of the so-called Matoso Gang. Named after the street where they used to hang out, the gang also included Jorge Ben, among others. They…
Roberto Carlos in 2018
Roberto Carlos, 1972. National Archives of Brazil.
A stenciled graffiti of Roberto Carlos in the streets of São Paulo. It depicts the cover of his self-titled 1972 album.
Roberto Carlos