Maximiano de Sousa

Maximiano de Sousa
Background information
Birth name	Maximiano de Sousa
Also known as	Max
Born	20 January 1918
Origin	Madeira, Portugal
Died	29 May 1980(1980-05-29) (aged 62)
Genres	Fado
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actor
Instruments	Vocals

Maximiano de Sousa (20 January 1918, in Funchal, Madeira – 29 May 1980), commonly known as Max, was a Portuguese Fado singer.^[1] Max was one of the most popular Fado singers from the 1940s until well after his death in 1980.

Personal life[]

Maximiano de Sousa, known to most people as Max, was a Madeiran (Portuguese: madeirense), born in Funchal in 1918. It was here where his career started. He was a tailor, and even after becoming an artist, he long maintained that profession. In 1936 he began working at night in a hotel bar in Funchal as a singer and continued to work as a tailor during the day. In 1957, he left for the United States where he remained for two years, afterward he toured Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina.

Selected discography[]

(incomplete)

• Noites da Madeira/Bailinho da Madeira (78, VC, 1949)
• Bailinho da Madeira/Noites da Madeira (Single, Decca/VC, 1956)
• A Mula da Cooperativa / A Coisa / O Magala / O Homem do Trombone (Columbia)
• Porto Santo
• 31
• Sinal da Cruz
• Pomba Branca, Pomba Branca/Quando a Dor Bateu à Porta (Single, Decca/VC, 1974)
• As Bordadeira
• Casei com uma Velha
• Júlia Florista
• Maria Rapaz
• Maria tu tens a mania
• Mas sou fadista
• Mula da Cooperativa
• Nem ás paredes confesso
• Noite
• O Magala
• Pomba Branca
• Porto Santo
• Rosinha dos Limões
• Saudades da Ilha
• Sinal da Cruz
• Vielas de Alfama

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