Marcos Valle

Marcos Valle was a composer from the so-called "second wave" of Bossa Nova musicians. His swingy, dance-driven style, supported by inventive grooves, easily fit the European dance floors, where his music became popular in the 90s, in the midst of the drum’n’bass fever, helping to create a new style, Drum’n’Bossa.

Marcos Valle was born in Rio de Janeiro and took piano and music theory lessons as a child. As he grew older he developed a taste for live music at bars and clubs, where he’d listen to jazz.

With his brother, Paulo Sergio Valle, he wrote a number of hits and made his first album, "Samba Demais" in 1964. He headed to the United States the following year, where Walter Wanderley successfully recorded "Samba de Verão". "Preciso Aprender a Ser Só" and "Terra de Ninguém" are also from that period, as well as "Samba de Maria", "O Amor É Chama", "Viola Enluarada" (recorded with Milton Nascimento), "Dia de Vitória", "Gente", "Seu Encanto" and "Ao Amigo Tom".

Valle went on to write soap-opera soundtracks, increasing his hit list to include "Quarentão Simpático", "Com Mais de Trinta", "Mustang Cor de Sangue", "Os Grilos", "Freio Aerodinâmico", "Que Bandeira", "Black Is Beautiful", "O Cafona" and "Não Tem Nada Não".


Above: A very rare music video with Marcos Valle singing his song "Meu Herói", from 1974. An interesting one for sure.....!