Carlos Paião

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Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (born in Coimbra on 1 November 1957, died 26 August 1988 in Rio Maior) was a singer and songwriter from Portugal. He represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song Playback. Carlos Paião was also a doctor, having graduated in medicine in 1983, but his great passion was music.

Some of his songs became national hits. In August 1988, Carlos Paião died in a car accident on N1 Road (old Lisbon-Porto road) in , near Rio Maior, Santarém district, while returning from a concert. The Datsun Urvan that Carlos Paião was travelling in collided head-on with a truck that was irregularly overtaking a broken car.^[1]

Albums[]

• Algarismos (LP, EMI, 1982)
• Intervalo (LP, EMI, 1988)

Singles[]

• "Souvenir de Portugal"/"Eu Não Sou Poeta" (Single, EMI, 1981)
• "Play-Back"/ "Playback" (English Version) (Single, EMI, 1981)
• "Pó de Arroz"/"Ga-Gago" (Single, EMI, 1981)
• "Marcha do 'Pião-das-Nicas'"/"Telefonia (Nas Ondas do Ar)" (Single, EMI, 1982)
• "Meia-Dúzia"/"Zero-a-Zero" (Single, EMI, 1982)
• "Vinho do Porto (Vinho de Portugal)"/ Instrumental (Single, EMI, 1983) (with Cândida Branca-Flôr)
• "O Foguete"/ Instrumental (Single, 1983) (with António Sala and Luís Arriaga)
• "Discoteca"/ "Tenho Um Escudo À Minha Frente" (Single, EMI, 1984)
• "Cinderela"/ "A Razão" (Single, EMI, 1984)
• "Versos de Amor"/ "Os Namorados" (Single, EMI, 1985)
• "Arco-Íris"/ "Lobo do Mar" (Single, EMI, 12/1985)
• "Cegonha"/ "Lá Longe Senhora" (Single, EMI, 12/1986)
• "Quando as Nuvens Chorarem"/ "Perfume" (Single, EMI, 1988)
• "Só Porque Somos Latinos" (Single, EMI, 1988)
• "Mar de Rosas" (Single, EMI, 1988)

Other songs[]

• "Amar é Mais"
• "Bailarina (Nunca Te Direi)"
• "Caiu Redonda No Chão"
• "Caminhar"
• "Canção dos Cinco Dedos"
• "De-mão-em-mão"
• "Feito Num Oito"
• "História Linda"
• "Intervalo"
• "Miquelino I""
• "Não Há Duas Sem Três"
• "Noves Fora Nove"
• "Quatro Maços (É Só Tabaco)"
• "Refilar Faz Mal À Vesícula, Mais o Diabo a Sete"

Songs recorded by other artists such as Herman José, Joel Branco, Candida Branca Flôr, Amália Rodrigues, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, Peter Petersen, Florbela Queirós, Octávio de Matos, Alexandra, Rodrigo, , António Mourão, Ana, Carlos Quintas, Gabriel Cardoso, Pedro Couceiro, Vasco Rafael, Luis Arriaga, and Norberto de Sousa.

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