Maximiano de Sousa Also known as Max (Funchal

Funchal

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, Madeira

Madeira

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, 20 January 1918 — 29 May 1980) was a Portuguese Fado

Fado

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 singer.

Max was one of the most popular Fado singers from the 1940s until well after his death in 1980.

Biografia

Maximiano de Sousa, known to most people as Max, was a Madeiran (Portuguese: madeirense), born in Funchal

Funchal

Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...

 in 1918. It was here where his career started. He was a tailor, and even after becoming an artist, he long maintained that profession. In 1936 he began working at night in a hotel bar in Funchal as a singer and continued to work as a tailor during the day.

n 1957 he left for the United States

United States

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 where he remained for two years, afterward he toured Angola

Angola

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, Mozambique

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, South Africa, Brazil

Brazil

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 and Argentina

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.

Discography

(incomplete)

• Noites da Madeira/Bailinho da Madeira (78, VC, 1949)
• Bailinho da Madeira/Noites da Madeira (Single, Decca/VC, 1956)
• A Mula da Cooperativa / A Coisa / O Magala / O Homem do Trombone (Columbia)
• Porto Santo
• 31
• Sinal da Cruz
• Pomba Branca, Pomba Branca/Quando a Dor Bateu à Porta (Single, Decca/VC, 1974)
• As Bordadeira
• Casei com uma Velha
• Júlia Florista
• Maria Rapaz
• Maria tu tens a mania
• Mas sou fadista
• Mula da Cooperativa
• Nem ás paredes confesso
• Noite
• O Magala
• Pomba Branca
• Porto Santo
• Rosinha dos Limões
• Saudades da Ilha
• Sinal da Cruz
• Vielas de Alfama

External links

• http://semilhas.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/max
• http://discosvoadores.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/max