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David Corrêa

David Corrêa

Brazilian singer-songwriter (1937–2020)


David Antônio Corrêa (5 June 1937 – 10 May 2020)[1] was a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genres samba, samba-enredo and pagode.

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Life

As a singer-songwriter, Corrêa released four studio albums and three extended plays from 1976 to 1991.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

At the Rio de Janeiro carnival, Corrêa composed various Samba-enredos for various Samba schools, such as Portela,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Acadêmicos do Salgueiro,[16] Unidos de Vila Isabel,[17][18] Imperatriz Leopoldinense,[19] Estação Primeira de Mangueira,[20] Estácio de Sá[21] and Unidos da Ponte,[22] over his 19 years samba-enredo composer career. His most successful year was 1980, in which Portela, the school he was representing and composed the samba-enredo for, won the Rio Carnival samba school parade.[23]

Death

On 17 April 2020, Corrêa was run over by a vehicle in Rio de Janeiro, which required him to be hospitalized to have surgery.[24]

Less than a month after being run over, Corrêa died in Rio de Janeiro after following kidney failure brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.[23]

Samba-enredos composed for Rio Carnival

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Discography

Studio albums

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Extended plays

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References

  1. "David Corrêa: Dados Artísticos". Dicionário da Música Popular Brasileira. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  2. "Menino Bom". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  3. "Lição de Malandragem". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  4. "Pique Brasileiro – Aloísio Machado, David Correia e Gracia do Salgueiro". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  5. "Chopp Escuro". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  6. "CPS (1977)". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  7. "CPS (1979)". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  8. "CPS (1980)". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  9. "Portela (1973)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  10. "Portela (1975)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  11. "Portela (1979)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  12. "Portela (1980)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  13. "Portela (1981)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  14. "Portela (1982)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  15. "Portela (2002)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  16. "Acadêmicos do Salgueiro (1984)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  17. "Unidos de Vila Isabel (1985)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  18. "Unidos de Vila Isabel (1986)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  19. "Imperatriz Leopoldinense (1988)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  20. "Estação Primeira de Mangueira (1994)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  21. "Estácio de Sá (1995)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  22. "Unidos da Ponte (1980)". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

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