Riachão

One of the most important historical sambistas of Brazil, Riachão is -- along with Batatinha, Walmir Lima, Ederaldo Gentil, Nélson Rufino, and Edil Pacheco -- the cream of the Bahian samba. A successful artist of the radio in the 1940s and 1950s, Riachão also worked in the films A Grande Feira (Roberto Pires, 1961) and Pastores da Noite (Marcel Camus, 1972). He paid tribute to Batatinha on the album Diplomacia, interpreting, together with Batatinha, Ederaldo Gentil, Nélson Rufino, Walmir Lima, and Edil Pacheco, "De Revólver, Não!" (Batatinha/Walmir Lima). In turn, Riachão was ...