Teixeira started to write songs at 14, in upstate São Paulo. Moving to the capital in 1967, his Dadá Maria qualified in the III FMPB (Festival of Brazilian Popular Music). In that same year, the song was recorded by Gal Costa; in subsequent years, Clara Nunes, Sílvio César, and Teixeira also recorded it. Still in 1967, he wrote the valse A Madrasta, which was recorded the next year by Roberto Carlos, who presented it at the IV FMPB. Marinheiro qualified in the VII FIC (International Song Festival). Romaria, a song that translated into music and poetry the melancholy of a man brought to the big city by force, was penned in 1973 (the year in which he had his first LP released) and recorded by Elis Regina four years later, representing the consecration of the author. Regina also recorded another of Teixeira's songs, Sentimental Eu Fico, for the same album (Elis). ~ Alvaro Neder, Rovi