Ay mourir pour toi amalia rodrigues biography
Pour toi mon amour!
Amália Rodrigues
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rebordão and the second or paternal family name is Rodrigues.
Portuguese fado singer (1920–1999)
Amália Rodrigues GCSEGCIH | |
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Rodrigues in 1956 | |
Birth name | Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues |
Also known as | Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado") |
Born | (1920-07-23)23 July 1920 Lisbon, Portugal |
Died | 6 October 1999(1999-10-06) (aged 79) Lisbon, Portugal |
Genres | Fado |
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Instruments | |
Years active | 1939–1999 |
Labels | Valentim de Carvalho |
Website | www.amalia.com |
Musical artist
Amália da Piedade Rebordão RodriguesGCSEGCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), known as simply Amália Rodrigues (European Portuguese pronunciation:[ɐˈmaliɐʁuˈðɾiɣɨʃ]) or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).[1]
Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internati