Gerson King Combo
Illustration — Gerson King Combo and Bárbara Lau (RJ) in 2006 Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes, known as Gerson King Combo (30 November 1943 – 22 September 2020) was a Brazilian soul and funk singer-songwriter. Gerson King Combo was born in Rio de Janeiro, he began his career performing on the variety program Hoje é Dia de Rock. He founded and performed in the 1960s musical group Formula 7.
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Gerson King Combo
Joao Vicente · FMI 2006 - Gerson King Combo e Bárbara Lau (RJ) · CC BY 2.0
- Full name
- Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes.
- Born
- 1943. · Rio de Janeiro.
- Died
- 2020. · Rio de Janeiro.
- Nationality
- Brazil.
- Occupation
- singer and composer.
- Fields
- funk and soul.
- Honours
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Illustration — Gerson King Combo and Bárbara Lau (RJ) in 2006 Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes, known as Gerson King Combo (30 November 1943 – 22 September 2020) was a Brazilian soul and funk singer-songwriter. Gerson King Combo was born in Rio de Janeiro, he began his career performing on the variety program Hoje é Dia de Rock. He founded and performed in the 1960s musical group Formula 7.
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Recorded at birth as Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes. Born at Rio de Janeiro in 1943, died in Rio de Janeiro in 2020.
The recorded working language is Portuguese. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are funk and soul. Little Richard, Chubby Checker and James Brown are recorded as an influence. Distinctions recorded are Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil).
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