Miguel Gustavo

Miguel Gustavo, a good-humored critic of Carioca customs, had success with the sambas and marchas de Carnaval "Café Soçaite" (1955), "Fanzoca de Rádio" (1958), "E daí" (1959), and "Brigitte Bardot" (1961). In the '60s, Gustavo created a series of sambas de breque that were a success in Moreira da Silva's renditions, when the interpreter became known as Kid Morengueira. Those sambas, of which the most popular was "O Rei do Gatilho" (1962), narrated imaginary films portraying satirical situations mixing elements of Far West, Mafia, and favela disputes. At 19, Miguel Gustavo left...