José Mário Branco (José Mário Monteiro Guedes Branco, Porto, Portugal, 25 May 1942 - 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. Born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, he became politically involved in the early 1960s. This political activity during the dictatorship in Portugal led him to seek exile in France in 1963. There he would eventually meet and collaboratring with musicians such as Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produc...
José Mário Branco (José Mário Monteiro Guedes Branco, Porto, Portugal, 25 May 1942 - 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer.
Born in Porto, the son of primary school teachers, he became politically involved in the early 1960s. This political activity during the dictatorship in Portugal led him to seek exile in France in 1963. There he would eventually meet and collaboratring with musicians such as Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produced and recorded at the Château d'Hérouville studios.
After the 1974 revolution Branco returned to Portugal and was of the founder of the music ensemble GAC - Grupo de Acção Cultural.
He died of a stroke on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77.
Discography Seis cantigas de Amigo (EP, Arquivos Sonoros Portugueses, 1967) EP Ronda do Soldadinho (Single, Ed. Autor, 1969) Single Mudam-se os tempos, mudam-se as vontades (LP, Guilda da Música, 1971) LP/CD Margem de Certa Maneira (LP, Guilda da Música, 1973) LP/CD A Mãe (LP, 1978) LP O Ladrão do Pão (EP, Diapasão, 1978) Ser solidário (2LP, Edisom, 1982) FMI (Maxi, Edisom, 1982) Qual é a tua ó meu / S. João do Porto (Single, Edisom, 1982) A Noite (LP, UPAV, 1985) Correspondências (LP, UPAV, 1990) LP/CD José Mário Branco ao vivo em 1997 (CD, 1997) CD Canções escolhidas 71/97 (CD, 1999) CD (Colectânea) Resistir é vencer (CD, 2004) CD Inéditos (1967-1999) (CD, 2018)
As a producer José Afonso – Cantigas do Maio (1971) LP, Arnaldo Trindade, Orfeu José Afonso – Venham mais cinco (1973) LP, Arnaldo Trindade, Orfeu José Afonso – Fura Fura (1979) LP, Arnaldo Trindade, Orfeu Quarteto Música Em Si – Página em branco (1980) Songle, Arnaldo Trindade, Orfeu José Afonso – Galinhas do mato (1985) LP, Transmedia, Schiu!(Em colaboração com Júlio Pereira e José Afonso). Janita Salomé – Olho de fogo (1987) LP, Transmedia, Schiu! Carlos do Carmo – Que se fez homem de cantar (1990) LP, Polygram, Philips (2 temas) Amélia Muge – Todos os dias... (1994) CD, Sony Música, Columbia Gaiteiros de Lisboa – Invasões bárbaras (1995) CD, Farol Camané – Uma noite de fados (1995) CD, EMI — Valentim de Carvalho Camané – Bom dia, Benjamim (1995) CD, Movieplay Amélia Muge – Taco a taco (1998) CD, Polygram, Mercury(6 temas) Camané – Na linha da vida (1998) CD, EMI – Valentim de Carvalho Camané – Esta coisa da alma (2000) CD, EMI – Valentim de Carvalho. Camané – Pelo Dia Dentro (2001) CD, EMI Canto Nono – O Porto a 8 vozes (2003) CD, EMI Camané – Sempre de Mim (2008) CD, EMI Camané – Do amor e dos dias (2010) CD, EMI Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
