Zeca Pagodinho

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Zeca Pagodinho(b. February 4, 1959, birth name Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho) was born in the neighborhood of Irajá, Rio de Janeiro. He was raised in contact with the most original samba and started making his own verses when he was a kid. In the 70's, Zeca started going to the Carnival Block of Cacique de Ramos, which took place in Rio de Janeiro every wednesday and which became a true pagode's crib. Pagode is a different type of samba. In one of these jams, a samba singer named Beth Carvalho was impressed with Zeca's skills and invited him to record "Camarão que dorme a onda leva". From that episode on, Zeca began to record his own albums. There are 15 of them, and three DVDs. His creative, joyfull, malicious songs translate the day-by-day of the typical easy going carioca and are a big success in Brazil. He's one of the biggest-sellers in the country.