A key singer of the bossa nova, having launched "Garota de Ipanema," Pery Ribeiro (Peri de Oliveira Martins - Oct 27, 1937 Rio de Janeiro), son of the composer Herivelto Martins and of the singer Dalva de Oliveira, started early in his artistic career by providing singing and voices in Walt Disney animated movies. In 1944, he acted in the film Berlim na Batucada, by Luís de Barros. His debut on radio was in 1959, on Rádio Nacional, where he took his stage name Pery Ribeiro on suggestion of his godfather César de Alencar.

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