Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (1 November 195726 August 1988) was a singer and songwriter from
Portugal
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. He represented Portugal at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "What's Another Year" performed by Johnny Logan. Organised by the Euro ...
with the song "
Playback". Carlos Paião was also a doctor, having graduated in medicine in 1983, but his greatest passion was music.
Some of his songs became national hits. In August 1988, Carlos Paião died in a car accident on
N1 Road (old Lisbon-Porto road) in
Ponte Amieira, near
Rio Maior,
Santarém district, while returning from a concert. The
Nissan Urvan Urvan may refer to:
* Nissan Urvan, a cargo van
* ''urvan'', a concept of the soul in Zoroastrianism
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that Carlos Paião was travelling in collided head-on with a truck that was irregularly overtaking a broken car.
Albums
*''Algarismos'' (LP, EMI, 1982)
*''Intervalo'' (LP, EMI, 1988)
Singles
*"Souvenir de Portugal"/"Eu Não Sou Poeta" (Single, EMI, 1981)
*"Play-Back"/ "Playback" (English Version) (Single, EMI, 1981)
*"Pó de Arroz"/"Ga-Gago" (Single, EMI, 1981)
*"Marcha do 'Pião-das-Nicas'"/"Telefonia (Nas Ondas do Ar)" (Single, EMI, 1982)
*"Meia-Dúzia"/"Zero-a-Zero" (Single, EMI, 1982)
*"Vinho do Porto (Vinho de Portugal)"/ Instrumental (Single, EMI, 1983) (with Cândida Branca-Flôr)
*"O Foguete"/ Instrumental (Single, 1983) (with António Sala and Luís Arriaga)
*"Discoteca"/ "Tenho Um Escudo À Minha Frente" (Single, EMI, 1984)
*"Cinderela"/ "A Razão" (Single, EMI, 1984)
*"Versos de Amor"/ "Os Namorados" (Single, EMI, 1985)
*"Arco-Íris"/ "Lobo do Mar" (Single, EMI, 12/1985)
*"Cegonha"/ "Lá Longe Senhora" (Single, EMI, 12/1986)
*"Quando as Nuvens Chorarem"/ "Perfume" (Single, EMI, 1988)
*"Só Porque Somos Latinos" (Single, EMI, 1988)
*"Mar de Rosas" (Single, EMI, 1988)
Other songs
*"Amar é Mais"
*"Bailarina (Nunca Te Direi)"
*"Caiu Redonda No Chão"
*"Caminhar"
*"Canção dos Cinco Dedos"
*"De-mão-em-mão"
*"Feito Num Oito"
*"História Linda"
*"Intervalo"
*"Miquelino I""
*"Não Há Duas Sem Três"
*"Noves Fora Nove"
*"Quatro Maços (É Só Tabaco)"
*"Refilar Faz Mal À Vesícula, Mais o Diabo a Sete"
Songs recorded by other artists such as Herman José, Joel Branco, Candida Branca Flôr,
Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (''fadista'').
Dubbed ''Rainha do Fado'' ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumen ...
, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, Peter Petersen, Florbela Queirós, Octávio de Matos, Alexandra, Rodrigo,
Lenita Gentil, António Mourão, Ana, Carlos Quintas, Gabriel Cardoso, Pedro Couceiro, Vasco Rafael, Luis Arriaga, and Norberto de Sousa.
References
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1957 births
1988 deaths
20th-century Portuguese male singers
Portuguese pop singers
Portuguese male songwriters
Road incident deaths in Portugal
Musicians from Coimbra
20th-century Portuguese songwriters
Eurovision Song Contest entrants