Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto (2 March 1947 – 5 January 2014) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. He built a career as a singer and composer of sentimental, suffering songs, rising to popularity in Brazil and Latin America in 1969 and becoming known internationally, especially in Portugal, France and Spain. In 1971 he released his first Spanish album, Canción Popular, and performed in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.[citation needed]
He was the first Latin artist to sell a million records in the U.S. with his hit "Happy Birthday My Darling" in 1974. He did instrumental work for the Electric Moog Orchestra in 1977. After his religious conversion in 1993, he only recorded Christian Evangelical songs in Portuguese, Spanish, and some in English.[citation needed]
Biography
Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto was born in 1947 in
Ubá,
Minas Gerais, the eldest of seven siblings. He was the only sibling to develop
dwarfism; as an adult he was 111 cm (3 ft 8 in) tall.[citation needed]
Ned married twice, and had three children with his second wife, María Aparecida. All three of his children developed dwarfism: Nelson Ned d'Ávila Jr. (108 cm (43 in)), a musician now living in Mexico; Monalisa Ned d'Ávila, a doctor; and Ana Verónica Ned Pinto (90 cm (35 in)), a singer and acrobat.[1]
Death
Nelson Ned died at age 66 from
pneumonia and cardiac arrest at Hospital Regional de Cotia, in São Paulo on 5 January 2014.[2][3]
Discography
Studio albums
Um Show em Noventa Centímetros (Polydor – 1964)
Tudo Passará (Copacabana – 1969)
Eu também sou Sentimental (Copacabana – 1970)
Nelson Ned, Vol. 1 (Copacabana – 1970)
Nelson Ned, Vol. 2 (Copacabana – 1972)
Nelson Ned, Vol. 3 (Copacabana – 1973)
Aos Românticos do Mundo (Copacabana – 1973)
Papai Noel Existe (Copacabana – 1973)
Meu Ciúme (Copacabana – 1975)
O Poder da Fé (Celestial/Copacabana – 1976)
Nelson Ned (Copacabana – 1977)
Meu Jeito de Amar (Copacabana – 1979)
Perdidamente Apaixonado (Harmony/CBS – 1982)
Caprichoso (EMI-Odeon – 1984)
O Grande Nelson Ned (Odeon – 1986)
Passei da Conta (EMI/Odeon – 1987)
O Poder da Fé Vol. 2 (Copacabana – 1990)
Enamorado (RGE – 1991)
Penso em vocé (RGE – 1992)
El Romantico de América (Movieplay – 1993)
Christian repertoire
In Portuguese
O Poder da Fé Vol. 1
O Poder da Fé Vol. 2 (Copacabana – 1990)
Jesus Está Vivo DE SAHARIE
Glórias A Jesus
Jesus Está Voltando
Jesus Te Ama
Jesus É Vida
Jesus Ressuscitou
In Spanish
Jesús Está Vivo (1993)
Jesus Te Ama
Jesucristo Es Vida
Mi Testimonio
Si las flores pudieran hablar
Compilations
O Melhor de Nelson Ned
Dose Dupla
Compoe e Canta Para Jesus
Louvor e Adoração 2002
2 Em 1
Warner 30 Años
Seleçāo de Ouro (Movieplay – 1992)
Seleçāo de Ouro – 20 sucessos (Copacabana/EMI Music – 1998)