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The son of a trombonist of the band of the military police, Moreira da Silva sang as an amateur in serestas at a very young age. In 1931, he recorded for the first time ("Ererê" and "Rei da Umbanda," both pontos de macumba by Amor for Odeon). He recorded another album for Odeon and moved to Columbia, where he recorded two hits for the Carnival of 1933: "Arrasta a ...more


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