Túmulo de Bezerra da Silva | Cemitério do Carmo.

Anyone who feels like helping the channel with any amount: Pix: (11) 97461-1497 ☎️Phone for contact and partnerships: (11) 97461-1497 📧Want to send me a letter or gift: e-mail:[email protected] My other channel: Tribute, wake and cremation with Carlos Ribeiro:    / @canalprocurase   Instagram:https://instagram.com/carlos_me_expli... #bezerradasilva #tomb #cemitériodocarmo #riodejaneiro #tribute Early years Born into a poor family, Bezerra da Silva was born in Recife on 23rd February 1927. His mother, Hercília Pereira da Silva, was abandoned by her husband, Alexandrino Bezerra da Silva, when she was pregnant with their son. At the age of 15, after being expelled from the Merchant Navy, Bezerra da Silva traveled to Rio de Janeiro to look for his father and escape poverty. He made the trip on a ship carrying sugar and had only the clothes on his back. He found his father, but after further conflict, he ended up alone. [citation needed] He began working in construction as a house painter and his address was the construction site in the city center, where he practiced his profession. Around 1949, he began to fall in love with a "lady" and went to live with her in Morro do Cantagalo, in the South Zone. Bohemian life, arrests, and downfall He began to develop his musical flair, starting with Jackson do Pandeiro's coco, and soon joined the drum section of the Unidos do Cantagalo carnival group, playing the tambourine. In 1950, he met Doca, also a resident of Morro do Cantagalo, who invited him to participate in the "Programa da Rádio Clube do Brasil" as a percussionist — in addition to the tambourine, he played the surdo and percussion instruments in general. A bohemian and rogue, he was arrested dozens of times by the police and ended up unemployed in 1954. For many years he lived as a homeless person in Copacabana, where he even attempted suicide, but was saved and taken in at an Umbanda temple. There, she discovered her mediumistic abilities and learned, through a spiritual leader, that her destiny was music. Rebirth with Music Convinced that he should no longer seek work in the construction industry, he reinvented his life as a professional musician and composer.[note 3] Under the stage name José Bezerra, he had the compositions "Acorrentado" and "Leva teu gereré", in partnership with Jackson do Pandeiro, released on the first album of the Paraíba native's career, in 1959. In the first half of the 1960s, he joined the orchestra of the Copacabana Discos record label, which accompanied several renowned artists, and also had new compositions, signed with other musicians, recorded by Jackson do Pandeiro, such as "Meu veneno" (with Jackson do Pandeiro and Mergulhão), "Urubu molhado" (with Rosil Cavalcanti), "Babá" (with Mamão and Ricardo Valente), "Criando cobra" (with Big Ben and Odelandes Rodrigues) and "Preguiçoso" (with Jackson do Pandeiro). In 1965, the singer Marlene recorded "Nunca mais," a song written in collaboration between Bezerra and Norival Reis. In 1967, he composed his first samba, called "Verdadeiro amor," which was recorded by Jackson do Pandeiro that year.