Artist
José Afonso
José Afonso appears once in our Fado list, placing as high as No. 6. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Fado
- Year
- 1959
- Highest placing
- No. 6 in Fado
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Balada da Despedida
1959
Ranked No. 6 in Fado
Coimbra fado — the student tradition, sung by men in capes, and quite different from Lisbon's. Afonso later wrote the song that started a revolution; the discipline is audible here first.