Jorge Ben Jor

Jorge Ben Jor was born in Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, and began his music career in the early 1960s. His debut album, Samba Esquema Novo, came out in 1963 and featured songs such as Mas, Que Nada and Chove Chuva.

In the following decade, he released A Tábua de Esmeraldas and África Brasil, the latter marked by his adoption of the electric guitar. In 1989, he began using the name Jorge Ben Jor.