Raça Negra or also The Black Race, in english, is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian pagode

Pagode

Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in Salvador, Bahia , and quickly went down to Rio de Janeiro region, as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music, dance and party...

group from São Paulo

São Paulo

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The ensemble formed in 1983, but did not release their first album until 1991, after a demo tape got them signed to RGE

RGE

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. The album spawned numerous hits in Brazil, and over the next decade the group went on to sell millions of albums. They have made many appearances on Brazilian television. Among their hits are
"Caroline", "Quero Ver Você Chorar," "Somente Você," "Chega", "Cigana," "Quando Te Encontrei," "Cheia de Manias," "Doce Paixão," and "Me Leva Junto com Você".

The group's music is perhaps best known to the English-speaking world as a result of a slipup at a Brazilian CD pressing plant in 1999. Several hundred copies of AOL

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 CD-ROM

CD-ROM

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s were accidentally pressed with a Raça Negra album instead of the company software.

It is noticeable that the ensemble does not present a cavaquinho

Cavaquinho

The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...

 or banjo

Banjo (samba)

The 4-string banjo is a Brazilian instrument which is derived from the cavaco, and is especially associated with Samba and its variants...

, traditional instruments in the genre of pagode.

Members

Current members

• Luiz Carlos - vocals, guitar
• Paulinho - bass
• Fernando Monstrinho
• Fininho (João Roberto)
• Fena - percussion
• Edson Café

Former members
Gabú (1991–1997) - percussion

Discography

• Raça Negra Vol. 10 (2001)
• Raça Negra Ao Vivo - Vol. 2 (2000) (live)
• Raça Negra Ao Vivo - Vol. 1 (2000) (live)
• Vem pra ficar (2000)
• Raça Negra Ao Vivo 2 (1999)
• Raça Negra Vol. 9 (1998)
• Raça Negra Vol. 8 (1997)
• Raça Negra Vol. 7 (1996)
• Raça Negra Ao Vivo (1996)
• Raça Negra Vol. 6 (1995)
• Raça Negra Vol. 5 (1994)
• Raça Negra Vol. 4 (1993)
• Raça Negra Vol. 3 (1993)
• Raça Negra Vol. 2 (1992)
• Raça Negra Vol. 1 (1991)