Alex Ferrari

Being at the right place at the right time sometimes means you're miles from your home, as it was for Brazilian singer/producer Alex Ferrari, who topped the charts in France with his 2012 hit "Bara Bará Bere Berê." Written and originally performed by Dorgival Dantas, the song was first recorded by Ferrari in 2011. Distributed online and then bootlegged on file-trading services, the Ferrari version was often misattributed to singer Michel Teló, a mistake made even more confusing as Teló had also recorded his own version, as had Leo Rodriguez, who was climbing the charts in the ...