José Gomes Filho (August 31, 1919 ? July 10, 1982), more commonly known as Jackson do Pandeiro, was a Brazilian percussionist and singer. Filho was born in Paraíba, Brazil, a region in the northeast of the country. His mother, Flora Mourão, was a musician and singer who played several percussion instruments. As a child he had originally wanted to play the accordion, but his parents could not afford it and bought him a pandeiro, an type of tambourine, in its place.[1] He began playing music with the zabumba, however, in order to assist his mother in performances.[2] When Filho was 13 years old his family moved to Campina Grande, a city in Paraíba. After the move, Filho lived in João Pessoa, where he performed in various cabarets and on the radio; and also to Recife, where he eventually began working in a radio station and took the pseudonym of Jackson do Pandeiro.[2] Originally his mother had nicknamed him "Jack", after the actor Jack Perry, who played parts in cowboy films which were popular in Brazil during do Pandeiro's youth.[2][3] He had his first hit with "Sebastiana", a song based on traditional Brazilian rhythms.