Reginaldo Rodrigues dos Santos (14 February 1944 – 20 December 2013), better known by his stage name Reginaldo Rossi, was a Brazilian musician and singer-songwriter. He was known as the "King of

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" ( pt, "Rei do brega").

Discography

;LPs * 1966 – ''O pão''; Chantecler * O rei leão * 1967 – ''Festa dos pães''; Chantecler * 1968 – ''O Quente'' (1968); Chantecler * 1970 – ''À procura de você''; CBS * 1971 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; CBS * 1972 – ''Nos teus braços''; CBS * 1973 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; CBS * 1974 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; CBS * 1976 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; Beverly * 1977 – ''Chega de promessas''; CBS * 1980 – ''A volta''; EMI * 1981 – ''Cheio de amor''; EMI * 1982 – ''A raposa e as uvas'; EMI * 1983 – ''Sonha comigo''; EMI * 1984– ''Não consigo te esquecer''; EMI * 1985 – ''Só sei que te quero bem''; EMI * 1986 – ''Com todo coração''; EMI * 1987 – ''Teu melhor amigo''; EMI * 1989 – ''Momentos de amor''; EMI * 1990 – ''O rei''; EMI * 1992 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; Celim ;Albums * 1997 – ''Reginaldo Rossi – Tão Sofrido''; Polydisc * 1998 – ''Reginaldo Rossi-ao vivo''; Polydisc * 1999 – ''Reginaldo Rossi the king''; Sony Music * 1999 – ''Popularidade-Reginaldo Rossi''; Continental * 2000 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; Sony Music * 2001 – ''Reginaldo Rossi ao vivo''; Sony Music * 2001 – ''Para Sempre -Reginaldo Rossi''; EMI * 2003 – ''Reginaldo Rossi''; EMI * 2003 – ''Ao Vivo, O melhor do brega'';

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* 2010 – ''Cabaret do Rossi''

Greatest hits

* ''Se Meu Amor Não Chegar'' * ''Garçom'' (Reginaldo Rossi) * ''A raposa e as uvas'' (Reginaldo Rossi) * ''O pão'' (Reginaldo Rossi, Orácio Faustino e Namyr Cury) * ''Deixa de banca'' (''Borogodá'' version, of Pocker, made by

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and Ferrer) * ''Tô doidão'' (Picket e F. Thomas) * ''Mon amour, meu bem, ma femme'' (Cleide) * ''Era Domingo'' (Reginaldo Rossi) * ''Ai, Amor'' (Reginaldo Rossi) * ''Em Plena Lua de Mel'' (Reginaldo Rossi) * ''Tenta Esquecer'' (Reginaldo Rossi)

Cancer and death

On 9 November Rase 2013, Rossi a very heavy smoker went through a surgical procedure called thoracentesis removing 2 liters of accumulated fluids between the pleura and the lung. The biopsy revealed on the 11th of the same month the confirmation of lung cancer. Reginaldo Rossi died on 20 December 2013, aged 69, in his hometown of Recife, Pernambuco.Reginaldo Rossi morre aos 69 anos de câncer no pulmão

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* 1944 births 2013 deaths People from Recife 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian rock musicians Deaths from cancer in Pernambuco Deaths from lung cancer Brazilian male singer-songwriters {{Brazil-musician-stub