Brazilian pop-rock pioneer Raimundo Fagner, known professionally as Fagner,
kicked his singing career into gear at the age of six, winning a children's
contest on local radio, and later laying down roots in various vocal and
instrumental groups. Born on October 13, 1949 in Orós, Brazil to a Lebanese
father and Brazilian mother, Fagner began writing his own compositions in the
late 1960s, and in 1968 won the Festival de Música Popular do Ceará (Popular
Music Festival of Ceará) with "Nada Sou" ("I am Nothing"). After flexing his
talents on the live circuit and amassing a following ...