Roberto Ribeiro, a successful samba interpreter/composer and also a sambista of the Império Serrano samba school appeared in 1972 as the partner of Elza Soares in three singles recorded by her. In the same year it was launched the LP Elza Soares e Roberto Ribeiro. In 1975 Ribeiro had success with his recording for "Leonel/Leonor" (Wilson Moreira/Neizinho), in Sucessos 4 Sambas. Recorded in the same year, his LP Molejo also had hits with "Estrela de Madureira" (Acyr Pimentel/Cardoso) and "Proposta Amorosa" (Monarco). In 1976 he had two nationwide hits with "Tempo É" (Zé Luís/Ne...