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Rui Veloso
Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso ComIH (born 30 July 1957) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called "The father of Portuguese rock" (Portuguese: O pai do rock português), Veloso was a major figure in the boom of Portuguese rock music in the 1980s. His 1980 debut album Ar de Rock, which includes the hit single "Chico Fininho", is considered a landmark of Portuguese rock. During the 1980s and 1990s, Veloso released numerous other successful singles and albums in Portugal.
An unconditional lover of blues music, he played with B.B. King several times in King's shows in Portugal.
Rui Veloso was born in Lisbon on 30 July 1957. His father, Aureliano Veloso (25 February 1924 - 12 June 2019), was the first democratically elected mayor of Porto after the Carnation Revolution, in 1977. Aureliano's brother, António, was a leading general in the years after the revolution.
Veloso grew up in Porto and started to play harmonica at the age of 6. In 1972, aged 15, he started to play guitar. He began developing a passion for blues music from an early age, having Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Bob Dylan as influences. In his youth, Veloso was part of the Magara Blues Band, singing songs in English and performing in bars and friends' houses.
Veloso met Carlos Tê in 1976, with whom he would develop a successful songwriting partnership during his career.
In 1979, Rui Veloso signed his first contract with Valentim de Carvalho. The following year, he was joined by the backup band A Banda Sonora, with Zé Nabo on bass and Ramon Galarza on drums, for the recording of his first album. In July 1980, Veloso's debut album Ar de Rock is released.
Ar de Rock and the single "Chico Fininho" became an immediate success in Portugal. According to Francisco Vasconcelos, executive manager at Valentim de Carvalho in the 1980s, "with Rui Veloso the politics went out and the social side entered the Portuguese pop music. With Rui Veloso we stopped listening and started feeling and dancing the music made in Portugal. The success of Ar de Rock happened because, in 1980, Portugal was a country that desperately wanted to change." The success of the album is considered to have triggered a wave of pop-rock hits sung in Portuguese in Portugal during the 1980s. In September 1980, Rui Veloso e a Banda Sonora were the opening act for The Police at the Estádio do Restelo.
In 1982, Veloso released his second album, Fora de Moda, also with A Banda Sonora. It was followed by Guardador de Margens in 1983.
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Rui Veloso
Rui Manuel Gaudêncio Veloso ComIH (born 30 July 1957) is a Portuguese singer-songwriter and musician. Commonly called "The father of Portuguese rock" (Portuguese: O pai do rock português), Veloso was a major figure in the boom of Portuguese rock music in the 1980s. His 1980 debut album Ar de Rock, which includes the hit single "Chico Fininho", is considered a landmark of Portuguese rock. During the 1980s and 1990s, Veloso released numerous other successful singles and albums in Portugal.
An unconditional lover of blues music, he played with B.B. King several times in King's shows in Portugal.
Rui Veloso was born in Lisbon on 30 July 1957. His father, Aureliano Veloso (25 February 1924 - 12 June 2019), was the first democratically elected mayor of Porto after the Carnation Revolution, in 1977. Aureliano's brother, António, was a leading general in the years after the revolution.
Veloso grew up in Porto and started to play harmonica at the age of 6. In 1972, aged 15, he started to play guitar. He began developing a passion for blues music from an early age, having Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Bob Dylan as influences. In his youth, Veloso was part of the Magara Blues Band, singing songs in English and performing in bars and friends' houses.
Veloso met Carlos Tê in 1976, with whom he would develop a successful songwriting partnership during his career.
In 1979, Rui Veloso signed his first contract with Valentim de Carvalho. The following year, he was joined by the backup band A Banda Sonora, with Zé Nabo on bass and Ramon Galarza on drums, for the recording of his first album. In July 1980, Veloso's debut album Ar de Rock is released.
Ar de Rock and the single "Chico Fininho" became an immediate success in Portugal. According to Francisco Vasconcelos, executive manager at Valentim de Carvalho in the 1980s, "with Rui Veloso the politics went out and the social side entered the Portuguese pop music. With Rui Veloso we stopped listening and started feeling and dancing the music made in Portugal. The success of Ar de Rock happened because, in 1980, Portugal was a country that desperately wanted to change." The success of the album is considered to have triggered a wave of pop-rock hits sung in Portuguese in Portugal during the 1980s. In September 1980, Rui Veloso e a Banda Sonora were the opening act for The Police at the Estádio do Restelo.
In 1982, Veloso released his second album, Fora de Moda, also with A Banda Sonora. It was followed by Guardador de Margens in 1983.
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