Angelo Dos Santos

Who is Angelo Dos Santos?

Angelo Dos Santos was born on September 8, 1940 in Portugal in the rural hill town of Agueda. At the age of 11, Dos Santos, while under his uncle's custody, Julio Dos Santos, moved to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. When he was a teenager, Rio De Janeiro experienced the period when Bossa Nova, western swing, and some forms of American Big Band music were combining to give birth to classical orchestral harmonica music. The period featured bands such as Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals, and The Harmonicats. Dos Santos taught himself the harmonica and began playing professionally at 19 years old. He would eventually specialize in the Chord harmonica, becoming a classical harmonica player, and the co-founder of the Harmonikings. His instrument of choice was the Hohner 267/384 CHORD HARMONICA.

The Harmonikings were a Brazilian harmonica-based trio, which consisted of Angelo Dos Santos, Ulysses Cazallas, and Dario Pacheco. The trio was formed in 1962 and remained active until 1972 when Dos Santos moved to the United States. With a vast repertoire of classical and popular songs, the Harmonikings performed on several top rated Brazilian Television and radio shows of the era.