Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1914)

Dorival Caymmi

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter

Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da…