Nelson Gonçalves (June 21, 1919 – April 18, 1998) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
Born Antônio Gonçalves Sobral in
Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, he was raised in
São Paulo. As a young man, he worked at a variety of menial jobs, including
boxing, before embarking on a career in music that saw him become one of the most popular Brazilian radio singers of the 1950s.
Nelson Gonçalves had a very productive collaboration with lyricist
Adelino Moreira
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and recorded numerous successful albums. One of the great
crooners of the day, he gained an international following and appeared at venues such as
Radio City Music Hall
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in New York City. Nelson sold more than 75 million albums.
His personal life was sometimes filled with turmoil, and at one time, a cocaine addiction almost destroyed his career. Despite having an outstanding singing voice, he was known to have a stutter in his regular speech.
Nelson Gonçalves died of a heart attack at the age of 79, and was buried at
Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2001, director
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filmed a
docu-drama
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about his life.
See also
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List of best-selling Latin music artists
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References
1919 births
1998 deaths
People from Santana do Livramento
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Burials at Cemitério de São João Batista
Radio singers
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