Real name: Dermeval Miranda Maciel

Effective period / Period of releases: 1972 - 1993

Brazilian samba singer, songwriter, and artist.

Born: 20 July 1940 in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Died: 8 January 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 55).

Ribeiro was a member of samba crew of Império Serrano, and built a respectable career as a performer and composer since the mid-1960s. Well-modulated voice and lean phrasing, his repertoire included all kinds of sambas, as afoxés, Ijexá, Maracatu, and other African rhythms.

He recorded over 20 albums, with popular hits like the songs "Acreditar", "Estrela de Madureira" "Todo Menino É Um Rei", "Malandros Maneiros", "Fala Brasil", and "Amor De Verdade".