Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaxˈtɔlɐ]; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola composed, alone or with partners, more than 500 songs. The first of eight children of Sebastião Joaquim de Oliveira and Aída Gomes de Oliveira,...