Sérgio Reis is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian sertanejo singer and actor. He has sold approximately 16 million copies of his more than 40 album releases.

Reis began working in radio station

Radio station

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s and nightclubs as a teenager. In 1958, he released his first record, "Enganadora" b/w "Será", but did not garner any notice. In 1967 he was invited to record with The Jet Blacks, and the resulting singles - "Coração de Papel," "Nuvem Branquinha," "Fim de Sonho," and "Qual a Razão," all shot to the top of the Brazilian charts. He became a fixture on Jovem Guarda radio and television, writing songs for Jenny Andriani, Wanderley Cardoso, Nalva Aguiar, Deni e Dino, Marcos Roberto, and The Golden Boys.

Reis's style mixes caipira

Caipira

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music with a heavy influence from American pop and country

Country music

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. Among his most well-known songs are "O Menino da Porteira," "O Menino da Gaita", "João de Barro", "Rei do Gado", "Cabocla Teresa" "Os Três Boiadeiros," and "Cavalo Zaino." Alongside his music career he has appeared often in film and television, including Brazilian soap opera

Soap opera

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Acting career

Films

• O Menino da Porteira (1976)
• Mágoas de Boiadeiro (1977)
• Filho Adotivo (1983)

Television

• Paraiso (1982)
• Pantanal
  Pantanal
  The Pantanal is a tropical wetland and one of the world's largest wetland of any kind. Most of it lies within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay, sprawling over an area estimated at between and...
  
  (1990 - Rede Manchete) - Tibério
• A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão (1990/1991- Manchete)
• O Rei do Gado
  O Rei do Gado
  O Rei do Gado is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and displayed by Rede Globo, 17 June 1996 to February 15, 1997, totaling 209 chapters and 130 in the original version of the SIC in Portugal.- Cast :PresentingGuest starringSpecial Appearance...
  
  (1996/1997- Rede Globo)- Zé Bento (Saracura)
• Canavial de Paixões
  Canavial de Paixões
  Canavial de Paixões is a Brazilian telenovela produced and shown by the Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão from 13 October 2003 through 22 March 2004. Based the original text of Caridad Bravo Adams , it was translated into the Portuguese for Enrique Zambelli and Simoni Boer, with supervision of text...
  
  (2003/2004- SBT)
• Bicho do Mato (2006- Record)- Geraldo