# Molejo

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{{Short description|Brazilian pagode band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Molejo
| image           = Molejo 2022.jpg
| caption         = Molejo in 2022
| image_size      = 250px
| background      = group_or_band
| alias           =
| origin          = [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro_(city)), [RJ](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)), Brazil
| genre           = [Pagode](/source/Pagode), [samba](/source/samba)
| years_active    = 1993–present
| website         = [http://www.molejo.com.br/ http://www.molejo.com.br/]
|current_members  = Marquinhos Pato<br />Robson Calazans<br/>Lúcio Nascimento<br/>Jimmy Batera<!-- Do not add (deceased) next to certain names, as per Template:Infobox musical artist -->
|past_members     = Anderson Leonardo<br />Wander Pires<br />Vandinho<br/>Andrezinho<br/>Claumirzinho
}}

'''Molejo''' is a [pagode](/source/pagode) musical group formed in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro_(city)) in 1993 by Anderson Leonardo, Andrezinho, Wander Pires, Claumirzinho, Lúcio Nascimento, and Vadinho.

The group had great success in the 90s with the songs "Caçamba", "Brincadeira de Criança", "Dança da Vassoura", "Samba Rock do Molejão", "Paparico", "Cilada", Clínica Geral, "Ah Moleque", "Samba Diferente", "Pensamento Verde", "Assim Oh", etc.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grupo Molejo: Um Grande Sucesso Do Pagode Brasileiro|url=http://musica.culturamix.com/estilos/pagode/grupo-molejo-um-grande-sucesso-do-pagode-brasileiro|website=Cultura Mix|date=|accessdate=30 December 2016}}</ref>

On 26 April 2024, Anderson Leonardo died from cancer at the age of 51. He had been diagnosed in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anderson Leonardo, cantor do Molejo, morre de câncer aos 51 anos|url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2024/04/26/anderson-leonardo-cantor-do-molejo-morre-de-cancer.htm|website=uol.com.br|date=26 April 2024|accessdate=27 April 2024}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''Grupo Molejo'' (1993)
* ''Grupo Molejo - Volume 2'' (1995)
* ''Não Quero Saber de Ti Ti Ti'' (1996)
* ''Brincadeira de Criança'' (1997)
* ''Família'' (1998)
* ''Polivalência'' (2000)
* ''Prepara o Corpo'' (2001)
* ''Alô Comunidade Ao Vivo'' (2003)
* ''Todo Mundo Gosta'' (2008)
* ''Voltei!!'' (2010)
* ''25 Anos - #obaileesemparar (Ao Vivo)'' (2014)
* ''Molejo Club'' (2016)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{discogs artist|Molejo}}
* {{IMDb name|5764558}}

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Category:Brazilian musical groups
Category:Samba ensembles
Category:Pagode musical groups
Category:1993 establishments in Brazil
Category:Musical groups established in 1993
Category:Musical groups from Rio de Janeiro (city)

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