David Corrêa
# David Corrêa

David Antônio Corrêa (5 June 1937 – 10 May 2020) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genres samba, samba-enredo and pagode.

## Life

As a singer-songwriter, Corrêa released four studio albums and three extended plays from 1976 to 1991.

At the Rio de Janeiro carnival, Corrêa composed various Samba-enredos for various Samba schools, such as Portela, Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, Unidos de Vila Isabel, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Estácio de Sá and Unidos da Ponte, over his 19 years samba-enredo composer career. His most successful year was 1980, in which Portela, the school he was representing and composed the samba-enredo for, won the Rio Carnival samba school parade.

## Death

On 17 April 2020, Corrêa was run over by a vehicle in Rio de Janeiro, which required him to be hospitalized to have surgery.

Less than a month after being run over, Corrêa died in Rio de Janeiro after following kidney failure brought on by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

## Samba-enredos composed for Rio Carnival

| Year | Division | Samba school | Place | Samba-enredo |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1973 | Group 1 | Portela | 4th | Pasárgada, o Amigo do Rei |
| 1975 | Group 1 | Portela | 5th | Macunaíma, Herói de Nossa Gente |
| 1979 | Group 1A | Portela | 3rd | Incrível, Fantástico, Extraordinário |
| 1980 | Group 1A | Portela | Winner | Hoje Tem Marmelada |
| 1980 | Group 1B | Unidos da Ponte | 10th | Maravilhosa Marajó |
| 1981 | Group 1A | Portela | 3rd | Das Maravilhas do Mar, Fez-se o Esplendor de Uma Noite |
| 1982 | Group 1A | Portela | 2nd | Meu Brasil Brasileiro |
| 1984 | Group 1A | Acadêmicos do Salgueiro | 4th | Skindô, Skindô |
| 1985 | Group 1A | Unidos de Vila Isabel | 3rd | Parece Até que Foi Ontem |
| 1986 | Group 1A | Unidos de Vila Isabel | 11th | De Alegria Cantei, de Alegria Pulei, de Três em Três, pelo Mundo Rodei |
| 1988 | Group 1 | Imperatriz Leopoldinense | 14th | Conta Outra que Essa Foi Boa |
| 1994 | Special Group | Estação Primeira de Mangueira | 11th | Atrás da Verde e Rosa Só não Vai Quem Já Morreu |
| 1995 | Special Group | Estácio de Sá | 7th | Uma Vez Flamengo... |
| 2002 | Special Group | Portela | 8th | Amazonas, Esse Desconhecido. Delírios e Verdades do Eldorado Verde |

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Year | Album | Album details |
| - | - | - |
| 1976 | Menino Bom | Label: Polydor Records Format: Vinyl |
| 1981 | Lição de Malandragem | Label: Top Tape Format: Vinyl |
| 1986 | Pique Brasileiro (With Aloísio Machado and Gracia do Salgueiro) | Label: 3M Format: Vinyl |
| 1991 | Chopp Escuro | Label: CID Format: Vinyl |

### Extended plays

| Year | Album | Album details |
| - | - | - |
| 1977 | CPS | Label: Chantecler Format: Vinyl |
| 1979 | CPS | Label: RGE Format: Vinyl |
| 1980 | CPS | Label: Top Tape Format: Vinyl |
