Amalia da Piedade Rebordao Rodrigues, (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, official documents give her date of birth as July 23, but Rodrigues always said her birthday was July 1, 1920. She was born in the rua Martim Vaz (Martim Vaz Street), freguesia of Pena, Lisbon. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, leaving her to live in Lisbon with her maternal grandmother in a deeply Catholic environment until she was 14, when her parents returned to the capital and she moved back in with them.
She was known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado" and was most influential in popularizing the fado worldwide. She was unquestionably the most important figure in the genre’s development, by virtue of an innate interpretive talent carefully nurtured throughout a 40-year recording and stage career. Rodrigues' performances and choice of repertoire pushed Fado’s boundaries and helped redefine it and reconfigure it for her and subsequent generations. In effect, Rodrigues wrote the rulebook on what fado could be and on how a female singer—or Fadista—should perform it, to the extent that she remains an unsurpassable model and an unending source of repertoire for all those who came afterwards. Rodrigues also remains the sole truly international star to have ever come out of Portugal,with an extensive international career between the 1950s and the 1970s, although in an era where such efforts were not as easily quantified as today. Other well-known international fado artists such as Madredeus, Dulce Pontes and Mariza have come close, however.
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01. Tudo Esto E Fado                                            
02. Marcha Da Mouraria                                          
03. Eu Queria Cantar-Te Um Fado                                  
04. Fado Hilario                                                
05. Confesso                                                    
06. Vamos Os Dois Para A Farra                                  
07. Fado Nao Sei Quem Es                                        
08. Fado Eugenia Camara                                          
09. Fado Alfacinha                                              
10. Eu Disse Adeus A Casinha                                    
11. Ai Lisboa                                                    
12. Nao Digas Mal Dele                                          
13. Ha Festa Na Nouraria                                        
14. Fois Deus                                                    
15. Nao E Desgraca Ser Pobre                                    
16. Maldicao                                                    
17. Los Aceituneros


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