Carrapicho Band ( pt-br: ''Starburrs'') is a

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ian music group. Members are natives of the state of Amazonas. Its lead singer has been Zezinho Corrêa.http://imagem.band.com.br/f_151088.jpg The group has sold a total of more than 15 million records around the world. (Retrieved 17/01/2012)

History

Carrapicho was created in 1980 in Manaus. Earlier works were in the traditional

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music style, and they were known throughout the northern region. At the end of 1980s, the "Ox-dance Festival" tunes were commonly in their work, but not leaving the dance apart. The group worked regionally for fifteen years, until a French singer,

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, heard their song "

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" in 1996 and decided to launch it in his country,

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, where it reached the number one spot. It also charted in several European countries, including the top 10 in

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and

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. In Brazil itself, the song was at #34 of the 100 most played songs of that year, and in

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the song reached its peak of #14 (

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).Billboard allmusic.com(Retrieved September 26, 2008) The band could perform their song on national television in Brazil, the

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, thanks to Gugu Liberato, a television presenter of a program called ''

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'', because he discovered them while being on holiday in the summer, and decided to invite the group to participate to his program in the same year. The group's performance, set to the beat of the Boi music, received good reviews by the audience. The song was re-recorded with girl group Chilli and produced by German musician and producer

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: this remix was released in May 1997. A cover of the song has also been made in

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by the Uyghur singer Murat Nasyrov. Carrapicho claims to be spreading the Amazonian culture in the world through their music. Currently, as said above, the band plays Forró, a Brazilian folk music genre and dance, despite not focusing only on folklore themes. Lead singer Zezinho Corrêa died on February 6, 2021, aged 69, from

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Members

* Zezinho Corrêa –

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(died 2021) *Raimundo Nonato do Nascimento –

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* Robby Martins Keys –

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* Otavio Rodrigues da Silva –

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* Edson Ferreira do Vale – accordion * Charlie Flag – keyboards * Ronalto Jesus, China and Luciano Caninde –

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Dancers

* Ianael Santos * Tatiana Oliveira * Hira Mesquita * Hudson Praia

Discography

* 1983 – ''Carrapicho'' –

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* 1985 – ''Carrapicho'' –

* 1987 – ''Forro Gingado'' –

* 1988 – ''Jeez! Is It Time'' –

* 1989 – ''With Jeitinho Sweet'' –

* 1992 – ''jolt'' –

* 1993 – ''13 years of success'' –

* 1994 – ''Baticundum'' – Independent * 1995 – ''Bumbalanço'' – Independent * 1996 – ''Greatest Hits'' – Independent * 1996 – ''

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'' – BMG, #9 OR https://books.google.com.vc/books?hl=pt-PT&id=vgcEAAAAMBAJ* 1997 – ''Rebola'' – BMG * 1998 – ''I Love'' – BMG * 2000 – ''Marrakesh Train'' –

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* 2001 – ''People of the Forest'' –

* 2002 – ''Carrapicho no Forró'' –

* 2004 – ''Dirty Dancing'' – Sound Brazil/

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References

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