Aldir Blanc is a famous Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian author of crônicas [journalistic vignettes, chronicles] and lyricist. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriterJoão Bosco

João Bosco

João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist...

, guitarist Guinga

Guinga

Guinga is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro...

, and others.

Elis Regina

Elis Regina

Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was an important singer of Brazilian popular music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrastão in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record...

recorded several of his songs, most notably "O bêbado e a equilibrista".

Blanc's work 1972-1987 was analyzed by Prof. Charles A. Perrone in Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965-1985 (U Texas P, 1989).