''Fado Português'' is a
fado
Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado ...
album recorded by
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 ...
and released in June 1965 on the
Columbia label. The album was recorded the Valentim de Carvalho de Paço de Arcos studios. Amália was accompanied by musicians Domingos Camarinha on Portuguese guitar and Castro Mota and Martinho d'Assunção on viola. The cover photograph was by Augusto Cabrita. Eight of the 12 tracks on the album were written by
Alain Oulman
Alain Oulman (15 June 1928 – 29 March 1990 (aged 61)) was a Portuguese songwriter. He was responsible for some of the biggest hits of Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as ...
.
The album reached No. 1 on the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP) chart in Portugal and No. 2 on the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) chart in France.
In 2015, on the 50th anniversary of the album's release, a new two-disc edition was released which included the 12 original songs as well as unreleased versions from the original recording sessions.
Track listing
1. "Fado Português" José Régio /
Alain Oulman
Alain Oulman (15 June 1928 – 29 March 1990 (aged 61)) was a Portuguese songwriter. He was responsible for some of the biggest hits of Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as ...
2. "Cantiga de Amigo" Mendinho / Alain Oulman
3. "Si, si, si" Moradiellas
4. "Erros Meus" Luís Vaz de Camões / Alain Oulman
5. "Nome de Rua" David Mourão-Ferreira / Alain Oulman
6. "Na Esquina de Ver o Mar" Luís de Macedo / Alain Oulman
7. "Gaivota" Alexandre O'Neill / Alain Oulman
8. "Verde, verde" Pedro Homem de Melo / Alain Oulman
9. "Paresito Faraon" Montes / Ulecia
10. "Sombra" David Mourão-Ferreira / Alain Oulman
11. "Fado Corrido" Jorge Brum do Canto / Popular
12. "Ai Mouraria" Amadeu do Vale / Frederico Valério
References
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1965 albums
Amália Rodrigues albums