Zeca Baleiro (ˈzɛkɐ baˈlejru, born 11 April 1966) is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian MPB

Música Popular Brasileira

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 artist. One of his most famous songs is "Salão de Beleza", which was featured on Putumayo World Music

Putumayo World Music

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's Reggae Around the World compilation. Along with being a solo artist, he has also worked with guitarist Pedro Joia.

Hailing from the state of Maranhão

Maranhão

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, in northeastern Brazil, Zeca - short for José (his name is Jose Ribamar) - grew up with music. He then went to a university to study Agronomy and was given the nickname "Baleiro" ("candyman"), because of his love for candy.

His first two records, Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry and Vô Imbolá, won gold status. The title track on Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry? (Where could Stephen Fry be?) was a reference to British

United Kingdom

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 actor Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...

's flight from the stage play "Cellmates" in 1995, when he disappeared from the United Kingdom after bad reviews. Zeca won the 2000 Latin Grammys for "best pop album". He currently resides in São Paulo

São Paulo

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Discography

• Por Onde Andará Stephen Fry? (1997)
• Vô Imbolá (1999)
• Líricas (2000)
• PetShopMundoCão (2002)
• Raimundo Fagner e Zeca Baleiro (with Raimundo Fagner
  Raimundo Fagner
  Raimundo Fagner Cândido Lopes is a Brazilian singer, composer, musician, actor and music producer. He is commonly known by the stage name Fagner....
  
  , 2003)
• Daqui prá lá, de lá prá cá, (2003)
• Perfil, 2003)
• Baladas do Asfalto e Outros Blues (2005)
• Baladas do Asfalto e Outros Blues - Ao Vivo (2006)
• Lado Z (2007)
• O Coração do Homem_Bomba Vol. 1 (2008)
• O Coração do Homem_Bomba Vol. 2 (2008)

External links

• Official website