Argentina Santos (Maria Argentina Pinto dos Santos, Mouraria, Lisbon, Portugal, 6 February 1924 - 18 November 2019) was a Portuguese fado singer, considered one of the last divas. Argentina Santos, since 1950 at the head of her restaurant “Parreirinha de Alfama”, was born in Lisbon, in the Mouraria quarter. Unlike other renowned women singers who at very young age already sang Fado in public, Argentina Santos only started her artistic career after the opening of the restaurant, where she went to work as a cook, 24 years old. After leaving the kitchen, Argentina Santos walked round t…
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