Reaching the incredible mark of 500,000 sold copies of his first single and 700,000 copies of his first LP, Ritchie is also important in the evolution of Brazilian music that was conducive to the Brazilian rock style of the '80s. The son of a military officer, Ritchie lived in Kenya until he was two; he began to sing Schubert and Britten in a church in Germany and also lived in Denmark, Italy, and South Yemen. In 1971, he joined the pop-folk group Everyone Involved, which had 27 members. The group was formed with the sole objective of protesting against a viaduct over Piccadil...