João Bosco, composer, singer and musician....

João Bosco Mucci, composer, singer and musician, was born in Ponte Nova / MG - Brazil, on 13/07/1946. His mother played piano and violin, as his sister, who was the club crooner of Ponte Nova. Grew up listening to all kinds of music and, as a young boy was crooner and percussionist of all saxophonist Mafra Filho. She went on to sing the whole rock X-Garey, later called The Charm Boys, who formed a group of friends.

He was studying engineering in Ouro Preto / MG, in 1962, where he lived in the republics of students, always playing guitar. Knew, five years later, Vinicius de Moraes, with whom he composed a series of songs: Samba do Pouso, Rosa dos Ventos, O Mergulhador, and others. He was interested in working Guinga in 1969, when she saw him on television present themselves at the festival and the following year, on vacation in Rio de Janeiro / RJ - Brazil, met the lyricist, who have since started to swap tapes , partnering the distance: one in Rio de Janeiro, one in Ouro Preto.

In 1972, he sang and played guitar in the first recording of a song by the duo: Agnus know, first launched in the Disco de Bolso, produced weekly by O Pasquim, which also launched Waters of March that same year, he graduated from engineering profession who has never exercised, he moved to Rio de Janeiro and began to devote himself exclusively to music.

The first composition of the team to success was with Bala com Bala, included in the LP that has Elis Regina recorded in 1972 by Phillips. The following year he recorded his first LP, the label RCA Victor, playing guitar and singing songs of the duo, including Agnus Sei, with Bala com Bala and Cabaret. New compositions of the two partners appeared on LP Elis Regina recorded in 1974 by Phillips, O Mestre Sala dos Mares, Dois Pra lá Dois Pra cá, Caça a Raposa.

Already with the guaranteed public came out in 1975 the second LP, Caça a Raposa, also for RCA Victor. One of the songs contained in it was Kid Cavaquinho, which had been recorded successfully by the singer Maria Alcina. In the 80 and 90, after ending its partnership with Guinga, starts to act more frequently as a singer, and find other partners such as weeding in paper mache, another great success, Waly Salomão and Antonio Cicero in 'Olofotes', and the son of the poet Francisco Bosco, who composed the tracks on the disc As Mil e Uma Aldeias.

In 1988 he composed the score for the ballet Benguelê, of the Body Group, made in Rio, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and in international festivals.