Nelson Gonçalves
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Brazilian recording artist and singer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Nas andanças do tempo, oitent'anos de danças--
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1919-06-21
- Active to
- 1998-04-18
braziliansambasamba-cançãosinger-songwriter
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 190,287
- Total plays
- 2,014,776
Tags
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Nelson Gonçalves, born Antonio Gonçalves on June 21st, 1919, in Santana do Livramento, Brazil. He was a famous Brazilian singer and songwriter. His parents were Portuguese immigrants and Nelson was raised in São Paulo where he worked at some menial jobs such as selling newspaper and boxing. Even as a stammerer, Gonçalves embarked on a career in music that saw him become one of the most popular Brazilian radio singers of the 1950s. Nelson Gonçalves <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nelson+Gon%C3
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Genre
- samba
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Sport
- boxing
- Image
- Nelson Gonçalves (1960).tif
- Voice type
- baritone
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- medical condition
- stuttering
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 1998-04-18
- date of birth
- 1919-06-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Nélson Gonçalves
- Commons category
- Nelson Gonçalves
- birth name
- Antônio Gonçalves Sobral
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
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