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  "slug": "zeca-pagodinho",
  "name": "Zeca Pagodinho",
  "description": "Zeca Pagodinho appears once in our Samba list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/zeca-pagodinho/",
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  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 2002,
    "last": 2002
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 6,
    "list": "Samba"
  },
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      "slug": "samba",
      "name": "Samba",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "zeca-pagodinho--deixa-a-vida-me-levar",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/zeca-pagodinho--deixa-a-vida-me-levar/",
      "title": "Deixa a Vida Me Levar",
      "year": 2002,
      "label": "Universal",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Pagode, the backyard variety, sung by a man with no interest in appearing to try. Proof the tradition kept producing standards long after the tourists moved on.",
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          "exact": false
        },
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        }
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        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/samba/"
      },
      "artist": "Zeca Pagodinho"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}