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Artist
Ricardo Graça Mello
12+ albums
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Ricardo Graça Mello was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 7, 1961. He is the son of actress Marília Pêra and musician Paulo Graça Mello and brother of music producer Guto Graça Mello. Ricardo lost his father at the age of 8. He is the grandson of actors Manuel Pêra and Dinorah Marzullo, great-grandson of actress Antônia Marzullo, nephew of actress Sandra Pêra and half-brother of actresses Esperança Pêra Motta and Nina Morena who are daughters of his stepfather Nelson Motta - a journalist, composer, producer and one of the most knowledgeable aficionados of Brazilian music, who has published several books on Brazilian Brazilian Popular Music (MPB). Since his childhood, Ricardo took advantage of his inherited talent, becoming an actor, singer and musician. At age 6 he debuted on TV Tupi. During his trajectory, he invested both in music and in the art of acting, whether on the small screen, cinema or theater. He worked a few times alongside his mother, including dancing and singing in the successful soap opera "Elas Por Elas" at Globo TV. In 1967 at the age of 6 he debuted on TV Tupi, in the soap opera "Gosto Amargo de Fel". The following year he acted in the soap "Os Jovens". In 1978 his stepfather Nelson Motta formed the Mistura Fina band in Rio, where Ricardo sang accompanied by the not yet consecrated artists Lulu Santos, Liminha and Arnaldo Brandão. They performed at the famous nightclub Frenetic Dancing Day, at Morro da Urca in Rio. In 1982, he played the
