Marcos Valle

Marcos Valle is a Brazilian singer and composer, born Marcos Kostenbader Valle in Rio de Janeiro in 1943. He signed with Odeon as a singer and wrote much of his catalogue with his brother, the lyricist Paulo Sérgio Valle. His best-known song is "Samba de Verão", which travelled abroad as "Summer Samba" or "So Nice". Valle's debut was Samba "Demais", and "Samba de Verão" first appeared on O Compositor e o Cantor (1965). Walter Wanderley's instrumental version reached the US Top 40 in 1966, and Warner released Valle's Braziliance! in 1967.