Bode Cheiroso sounds more than a bit like Jackson do Pandeiro, but Luiz Wanderley always had a gift for taking forró / baião and making it cook. His catalog is one of the strongest of all of the 50s and 60s forró stars. Wanderley seemed to be an all-around entertainer in his time, with several vamped-up appearances in film available on YouTube.
Some of my YouTube videos for Sebastião do Rojão are the most popular ones on the channel. This is interesting and somewhat surprising. His music is excellent, but I don't know why he would be favored over some of the other major forró stars of his day. The XO Forró compilation LPs are handy, because they assemble great 78rpm singles and rare LP tracks that range from scarce to impossible to find.
Aquarela Nordestina (Northeastern Watercolor) is one of the earliest releases from the long, blessed career of Marinês. Saudades de Campina Grande is a great song, with strong echoes of Luiz Gonzaga while also sounding unlike anything else at the time. There were female forró singers, but many seemed more middle class and polished. Marinês was the real deal. The track was written by Rosil Calvalcanti, who penned a string of still-beloved hits for nearly all of the great singers from the period, including Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro and Genival Lacerda.
