One of the key figures behind the scenes of the nascent movement of youth music and "Jovem Guarda" in the late '50s and 1960s, as a producer Carlos Imperial launched Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Ed Wilson, Sérgio Murilo, Dudu França, and others, on his highly popular TV and radio shows. As a composer, he had songs recorded by the Demônios da Garoa ("A Outra Praça"), Roberto Carlos, Erasmo Carlos, Silvinha, Wilson Simonal, Ronnie Von, Eduardo Araújo, along with several others.
In the early '50s, he wrote "Menina," his first composition, and debuted as an actor at TV Tupi. S...