Eduardo Nascimento (26 June 1943 – 22 November 2019) was an Angolan singer, best known for his participation on behalf of

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in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. Nascimento was the leader of a five-member band, Os Rocks, formed in Luanda in 1962. The band travelled to

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in the mid-1960s, participating in song festivals and releasing a well-received EP, "Wish I May", in 1966. In 1967, Nascimento entered the Portuguese Eurovision selection contest, the

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, as a solo artist with the song " O vento mudou" ("The Wind Changed"). He won the event by a comfortable margin, and went forward to represent Portugal in the 12th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 8 April in

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, where " O vento mudou" finished in joint 12th place of the 17 entries. With Os Rocks, Nascimento released another EP, "Don't Blame Me", in 1968, before giving up his musical career and returning to Angola in 1969. Nascimento is notable for being the first black male performer at Eurovision, the year after

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from the

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became the first black female to sing at the Eurovision. Nascimento died on 22 November 2019.

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