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António Variações
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Portuguese singer and songwriter (1944–1984)
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Amares, Portugal
António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Despite his short-lived career due to his premature death at the age of thirty-nine, using the stage name of António Variações, he became one of the most culturally significant performing artists of recent Portuguese history. His recorded works blended contemporary music genres with traditional Portuguese rhythms and…
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- António Variações1996
- The Jester — Hairdresser1987
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António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro, (December 3, 1944 – June 13, 1984) was a Portuguese singer and songwriter. Born in Fiscal, near Braga, he was the fifth son (out of 10) of Deolinda de Jesus and Jaime Ribeiro. As a child, his love for music often took him away from his chores and towards the local folklore celebrations. At 12 years old he goes to Lisbon to work at an office. Serves the army in Angola, comes back safe and sound and leaves almost immediately to London where he works cleaning dish
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joaquim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Amares
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.antoniovariacoes.pt
- Image
- Antonio Variacoes.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1944-12-03
- date of death
- 1984-06-13
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- Commons category
- António Variações
- birth name
- António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro
- pseudonym
- António Variações
- social media followers
- 11100
- name in native language
- António Joaquim Rodrigues Ribeiro
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