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Gerson King Combo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes, Gerson Combo
Brazilian vocalist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,511
- Total plays
- 150,679
Tags
soulfunkbrazilianbrazilblack music
Gerson King Combo is a Brazilian musician, one of the icons of soul music in the country, where it is known by the nickname "Brazilian James Brown." Gerson was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began career Art making dubbing, in the famous program "Today is the Day of Rock" presented for "Jair de Healer", then his brother Getúlio Cortes (author of "Black Cat, "a hit for Roberto Carlos) led him to dance in the program Young Guard, presented by none other than Roberto himself. <a href="https://www
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rodrigues
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- soul
- Record label
- Polydor
- Official website
- www.gersonkingcombo.com.br
- Image
- FMI 2006 - Gerson King Combo e Bárbara Lau (RJ).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1944-11-30
- birth name
- Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes
- date of death
- 2020-09-22
- influenced by
- James Brown
- name in native language
- Gérson Rodrigues Côrtes
- Commons category
- Gerson King Combo
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