José Flores de Jesus, born in 1921 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was a samba singer
and composer known by his stage name Zé Keti. He began performing in Portela’s
composers’ wing in the 1940s, and his first composed samba, "Tio Sam no Samba",
was recorded in 1946. His breakthrough came with the hits "Amor passageiro"
(1951) and "Amar é bom" (1951), recorded by Linda Batista and Garotos da Lua
respectively. In the 1950s and 1960s, he composed songs such as "A voz do morro"
(1955) and "Acender as Velas" (1965), and formed the musical group A Voz do
Morro in 1962, which released three ...