Birth name Maximiano de Sousa Instruments Vocals Genres Fado Occupation(s) Singer, Actor Died May 29, 1980 | Origin Madeira, Portugal Role Singer Also known as Max Name Maximiano Sousa | |
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Born 20 January 1918 ( 1918-01-20 ) Similar People Carlos Ramos, Alberto Janes, Tony De Matos, Alfredo Marceneiro, Lucilia do Carmo | ||
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Maximiano de Sousa (20 January 1918, in Funchal, Madeira – 29 May 1980), commonly known as Max, was a Portuguese Fado singer. Max was one of the most popular Fado singers from the 1940s until well after his death in 1980.
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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.
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