José Pinhal (Santa Cruz do Bispo,

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

, 1952 - 7 April 1993) was a Portuguese

singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has ...

. Although he never enjoyed great success during his lifetime, his work aroused great interest among the general public almost 30 years after his death.

Biography

José fought in the

Portuguese Colonial War The Portuguese Colonial War (), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War () or in the Portuguese Empire, former colonies as the War of Liberation (), and also known as the Angolan War of Independence, Angolan, Guinea-Bissau War of Independence ...

, where he lost a leg. Pinhal's musical career began to take shape at the end of the 1970s. In 1979, in his first public performance, the song "Infância" made him the overall winner of the first Festival da Canção do Norte (Northern Song Festival).{{Cite web , last=Geada , first=Hugo , title=A vida dura muito pouco, mas José Pinhal é imortal , url=https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/707286/a-vida-dura-muito-pouco-mas-jose-pinhal-e-imortal-?seccao=Mais_i , access-date=2023-11-02 , website=ionline , date=31 August 2020 , language=pt During this period, he used the stage name "''Zé Nando''". He worked most of his musical career in the north of Portugal, playing mainly at festivals and nightclubs. He achieved modest success, but was widely recognised on the regional music scene and was even friends with other popular music artists, such as Marante and Ágata He released three cassettes of his own music under the ''Nova Força'' label. He died on 7 April 1993, the victim of a

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while returning from a concert, leaving behind a 17-year-old daughter.

References

1993 deaths 1952 births Portuguese male singer-songwriters People from Matosinhos Road incident deaths