fullname website death_date death_place birth_place birth_date instrument genre image article_title name
wilson simonal castro -lsb- http://www.simonal.com www.simonal.com -rsb- 25 june 2000 são paulo , brazil rio de janeiro , brazil 23 february 1938 voice tambourine piano tea-cha nova , mpb , samba , soul , calypso , rock , doo-wop , bossa wilson simonal.jpg wilson simonal
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wilson simonal

wilson simonal de castro , was a brazilian singer , born in rio de janeiro on february 26 , 1939 .
he also died in rio de janeiro on june 25 , 2000 .
he was a singer of a great success in the 1960s and in the first two years of 1970 decade .
he was married and had two sons : wilson simoninha and max de castro both are artists .
he also had a daughter , named patricia .
although relatively unknown outside of south america , two of his biggest hits were successfully covered by sergio mendes -- `` pais tropical '' and `` sá marina '' -lrb- the latter as `` pretty world '' with english lyrics by marilyn and alan bergman -rrb- .
