Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro and stunts (known as "malabarismo"). Soon Carlinhos was performing professionally, working with most important musicians and composers in Rio. In 1966, Brazil held a national contest to find the country’s best pandeiro player. Carlinhos out-performed 500 other players to win the first ‘Golden Tambourine’ award, thereby becoming known as "Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro". With this recognition, Carlinhos represented Brazil in performances before the Japanese royal family, the Swedish royal family, and also in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip of England. Carlinhos has had a wide-ranging career as a percussionist, appearing in Brazilian films, on Brazilian
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil twenty-first century. McCann explores the links between the growth of the culture industry, rapid industrialization, and the rise and fall of Getúlio Vargas's Estado Novo dictatorship. He does this by analyzing the political effect on radio and music as well as the link between culture and national identity to the music created and produced. Composer Lamartine Babo along with musician are two of the many credited for helping turn the musical and popular culture tide in Brazil. Their Afro-Brazilian fusion of music as well as performance style for the radio and other audiences cements popular culture for years to come.