Carlos Paião
Singer, Musical Artist
1957 – 1988
Who was Carlos Paião?
Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião 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 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
Some songs recorded by Carlos Paião:
Playback
Pó-de-arroz
Souvenir de Portugal
Vinho do Porto, a duet performed with Cândida Branca Flor
Zero-a-zero
Cinderela
Marcha do Pião das Nicas
Ga-Gago
Meia-dúzia
Telefonia nas ondas do ar
Songs recorded by other artists such as Herman José, Joel Branco, Candida Branca Flôr, Amália Rodrigues, Nuno da Câmara Pereira, Peter Petersen, Florbela Queirós, Octávio de Matos, Alexandra, Rodrigo, Lenita Gentil, António Mourão, Ana, Carlos Quintas, Gabriel Cardoso, Pedro Couceiro, Vasco Rafael, Luis Arriaga, and Norberto de Sousa.
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