Raimundo Roberto Morhy Barbosa (born 27 February 1955 in Belém, Pará ) is a Brazilian Lambada singer and composer.
[1] Beto Barbosa comes from a Lebanese family and began a musical career in his hometown Belém.
In the 1980s Beto Barbosa became famous with his piece "Adocica" and thus founded together with the band Kaoma the Lambada boom.
Privately, he had to endure several blows: His 28-year-old daughter died in 2010 from an unknown bacterial infection[2] and years later he was diagnosed with cancer.
[4] "Embalo Trilegal"[5] was covered by the Dominican band Los Hermanos Rosario as "Esa Morena".