Biography
Pedro Sertanejo
Real name: Pedro De Almeida E Silva
Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 1981
Brazilian accordion player and composer.- Born: April 26, 1927, Euclides da Cunha, Bahia, Brazil.
- Died: January 3, 1997 (69 years), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil .
Father of Oswaldinho Do Acordeon and Ari Batera, he was the founder of Gravadora Cantagalo (a record label) in 1964 and "Forró do Pedro Sertanejo" - the first and longest surviving Forró house (nightclub) in São Paulo - opened in 1965 and lasted until 1992, at Rua Catumbi 183, Belenzinho - São Paulo.