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Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (born in Coimbra on November 1, 1957 - August 26, 1988 in Rio Maior) was a very popular singer and song-writer in Portugal. He represented Portugal at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest 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" road Lisbon-Oporto) in Ponte Amieira, near Rio Maior, Santarém district, while returning from a concert. The Datsun Urvan Carlos Paião was travelling in collided head o
Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (born in Coimbra on November 1, 1957 - August 26, 1988 in Rio Maior) was a very popular singer and song-writer in Portugal. He represented Portugal at the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest 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" road Lisbon-Oporto) in Ponte Amieira, near Rio Maior, Santarém district, while returning from a concert. The Datsun Urvan Carlos Paião was travelling in collided head on with a truck that was irregularly overtaking a broken car.
Songs recorded by Carlos Paião:
Playback
Pó-de-arroz (Rice Powder)
Souvenir de Portugal (Souvenir from Portugal)
Vinho do Porto (Port Wine), a duet performed with Cândida Branca Flor
Zero-a-zero (Nil-Nil)
Cinderela
Marcha do Pião das Nicas
Ga-Gago (stu-stutterer)
Meia-dúzia (half a dozen)
Telefonia nas ondas do ar (Radio in the Air Waves)
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