Genival Lacerda - A Menina De Campina Grande (rojão) from O Senador Do Rojão - Chantecler (1968)

Genival Lacerda died in January 2021 of COVID. He was one of the few forró greats to survive past the millennium. Genival Lacerda was one of the reasons I started collecting forró. His work recorded between the early 1960s and 1975 is astonishingly good. Lacerda found a commercial niche after 1975, clowning around on television and recording songs laced with double entendre. Lacerda was always interested in comedy and recorded a comedy record in 1970. However, the comedy part of his persona dominated his career after Severina Xique-Xique in 1975. Serious collectors initially scoffed when I expressed interest in collecting Genival Lacerda's records, primarily because they had not heard the period before he became a variety show staple in Brazil. However, this perception may have shifted some in the past 10 years. A Menina De Campina Grande, written by Genival Lacerda and Elino Julião and recorded in 1968, is a gem from his golden era when his skill in the genre was second-to-none. Genival Lacerda was a blazing light. 

Genival Lacerda - O Senador Do Rojão - Chantecler (1968)