22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 76) Lisbon, Portugal
Genres
Pop
Occupation(s)
Singer
Musical artist
Eduardo Nascimento (26 June 1943 – 22 November 2019) was an Angolan singer, best known for his participation on behalf of
Portugal in the
1967 Eurovision Song Contest.
Nascimento was the leader of a five-member band, Os Rocks, formed in Luanda in 1962. The band travelled to
mainland Portugal in the mid-1960s, participating in song festivals and releasing a well-received
EP, "Wish I May", in 1966. In 1967, Nascimento entered the Portuguese Eurovision selection contest, the
Festival da Canção, as a solo artist with the song "
O vento mudou" ("The Wind Changed").[1] He won the event by a comfortable margin, and went forward to represent Portugal in the 12th
Eurovision Song Contest,[2] held on 8 April in
Vienna, where "
O vento mudou" finished in joint 12th place of the 17 entries.[3] With Os Rocks, Nascimento released another EP, "Don't Blame Me", in 1968, before giving up his musical career and returning to Angola in 1969.
Nascimento is notable for being the first black male performer at Eurovision, the year after
Milly Scott from the
Netherlands became the first black female to sing at the Eurovision.