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Amália Rodrigues
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Amália Rodrigues sold fruit in the port of Lisbon as a girl and sang fado professionally for the first time in 1939. Through films and performances, including at the Olympia in Paris, she brought fado to the whole world. From the 1960s she worked with the composer Alain Oulman, who set poems to music. In 2001 she became the first woman to be interred in Portugal's National Pantheon.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to Barco Negro: the Portuguese guitar, with its clear, shimmering sound, plays between the phrases, and Amália's voice deliberately breaks on the high notes.
Barco Negro (From "Les amants du tage") · Amália Rodrigues, 1955
Estranha Forma de Vida · Amália Rodrigues, 1962
Uma Casa Portuguesa (Ao Vivo no Olympia, 1956) · Amália Rodrigues, 1956
Barco Negro · Amália Rodrigues, 1955Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1954Amália Rodrigues Sings Fado From Portugal Flamenco From Spain
- 1958Amália Rodrigues
- 1958Amália Rodrigues
- 1958Amália Rodrigues
- 1959Amália Rodrigues
- 1962Amália Rodrigues
- 1965Fado português
- 1966Fado...The Soul of Portugal
- 1967Fados 67
- 1967Vou dar de beber à dor
- 1970Com que voz
- 1971Amália canta Portugal 2
- 1971Cantigas D'Amigos
- 1971Oiça lá ó Senhor Vinho
- 1972Amália canta Portugal III
- 1972Encontro com Don Byas
- 1973A una terra che amo
- 1974Amalia in Italia
- 1977Cantigas numa língua antiga
- 1980Gostava de ser quem era
- 1982Fado
- 1983Lágrima
- 1984Amália na Broadway
- 1990Obsessão
- 1992Cantigas da boa gente
- 1997Segredo
- 2010Amalia. Królowa Fado (soundtrack)
- 2013For Your Delight
- 2015Someday: Amália Rodriguez e Norrie Paramor as sessões de 1965
- 2016Que Dios nos perdone (soundtrack)
- 2017Amália em Itália
- 2020Amália 1970: Ensaios
- ?Amália Rodrigues
Mentioned in other articles
- Fado Genre
Amália Rodrigues made fado world-famous from the 1940s onwards.