Brazilian singer Léo Santana was born Leandro Silva de Santana in the Lobato
district of Salvador in 1988. He began his performing career under the name Léo
Silva and initially concentrated on playing percussion for a local band called
'Simplicity Larger'. Santana decided that his musical future lay as a singer
rather than a sideman and he joined an established Brazilian band called
Parangolé as their frontman and vocalist. The band had a reputation as a
revolving door for musicians in general and particularly for vocalists but
Santana confounded expectations by staying with the ...