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Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, (July 1920 – October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, official documents have her date of birth as July 23, but Rodrigues always said her birthday was July 1, 1920. She was born in the rua Martim Vaz (Martim Vaz Street), freguesia of Pena, Lisbon. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, leaving her to live in Lisbon with her maternal grandmother in a deeply Catholic environment until she was 14, when her parents returned to the capital and she moved back in with them.
She was known as the “Rainha do Fado” (“Queen of Fado”) and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was unquestionably the most important figure in the genre’s development, by virtue of an innate interpretive talent carefully nurtured throughout a 40-year recording and stage career. Rodrigues’ performances and choice of repertoire pushed Fado’s boundaries and helped redefine it and reconfigure it for her and subsequent generations. In effect, Rodrigues wrote the rulebook on what Fado could be and on how a female singer—or Fadista—should perform it, to the extent that she remains an unsurpassable model and an unending source of repertoire for all those who came afterwards. Rodrigues also remains the sole truly international star to have ever come out of Portugal, with an extensive international career between the 1950s and the 1970s, although in an era where such efforts were not as easily quantified as today. Other well-known international artists such as Madredeus, Dulce Pontes or Mariza have come close, however.
She was known as the “Rainha do Fado” (“Queen of Fado”) and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was unquestionably the most important figure in the genre’s development, by virtue of an innate interpretive talent carefully nurtured throughout a 40-year recording and stage career. Rodrigues’ performances and choice of repertoire pushed Fado’s boundaries and helped redefine it and reconfigure it for her and subsequent generations. In effect, Rodrigues wrote the rulebook on what Fado could be and on how a female singer—or Fadista—should perform it, to the extent that she remains an unsurpassable model and an unending source of repertoire for all those who came afterwards. Rodrigues also remains the sole truly international star to have ever come out of Portugal, with an extensive international career between the 1950s and the 1970s, although in an era where such efforts were not as easily quantified as today. Other well-known international artists such as Madredeus, Dulce Pontes or Mariza have come close, however.
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Echad un vistazo a mi nuevo grupo: Barco Blanco
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manana_2 wrote:
só de ouvir fico arrepiada. Grande mulher. Melhor não ha e acredito que nunca vai haver
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teaDUB wrote:
Powerful, guttural and wrenchingly soulful; Amália's interpretation of Fado is an essential human experience. Love it!! :)
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kurohime wrote:
As important to portuguese music as Elis Regina's to brazilian popular music.
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mjf2001 wrote:
Vou Dar de Beber a Dor....the soundtrack of my childhood....I will always love it. What is really the true story of the house of Mariquinhas?
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wonderful
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faraz24 wrote:
Rainha do Fado
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Isakrazy wrote:
Não há nada melhor que isto, para mim
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mynameiselenn wrote:
RAINHA!
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http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Amália+Rodrigues/+images/303517 - VOTE THIS PHOTO, PLEASE.
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alexpage13th wrote:
Unica.
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Prince_de_Rien wrote:
whenever i listen to Amalia Rodrigues i realise how much i miss the streets of Lisbon ..and my desire is burning to get there the sooner again..
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stoncica wrote:
i love, love her. her voice pulls out of me all of saudade......great amalia, bellissima.
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harajukudude wrote:
a group for people who love to discover great bands that none of your friends know about ! http://www.last.fm/group/Esoteric+Freaks
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dianacarddoso wrote:
dois braços á minha espera!!!!
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Skyggedans wrote:
Voz eterna... :)
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kittypera wrote:
superb
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wahine wrote:
beautiful
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closetgirl wrote:
kohss - quem não sabe o que é verdadeira musica portuguesa, nem devia postar a sua ignorancia, porque isso sinceramente fica-te super mal. overrrated? overrated é o que ouço todos os dias no rádio, que comparado com o fado. NÃO É PORRA NENHUMA! E viva o fado!
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