Sérgio Ricardo

João Lutfi was born in Marília, in the interior of São Paulo state, and moved to Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, where he was part of bossa nova's early circle. Early in the following decade, he released Não Gosto Mais de Mim and A Bossa Romântica de Sérgio Ricardo.

In 1967, he interrupted his performance of Beto Bom de Bola at Festival da Record and hurled his acoustic guitar into the audience. He also composed for film, including Glauber Rocha's Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol. He died in Rio in 2020.