Eduardo Nascimento was 23 years old when he represented Portugal at the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. He came from Angola, at that time a Portuguese colony.
There were suspicions that his impressive win at the Portuguese national final,
the Festival da Cançao, with ‘O Vento Mudou’ was orchestrated by the Portuguese
dictator Antonio Salazar. His regime was accused of racism at the time, and so
the dictator would have favoured sending Nascimento as the first black male
singer to the Contest, just to wipe out such accusations.
Nascimento ended up in 12th place in a field of 17 competitors. His song 'O vento mudou' didn't make the history books, but it is a song that ends in a very rousing way. It's definitely worth a listen.
In 1969, Nascimento
retired from the music industry and focused on his other passion: aviation.
After training as a commercial airline pilot for TAP Air Portugal, he worked in
this business for decades. In 2019 he appeared at the Festival da Canção
alongside Cais Sodre Funk Connection, to sing ‘O Vento Mudou’ once more. He passed away, aged 76, at a hospital in Lisbon on 22 November 2019.
My collection: 7" single no. 6619
Found: Discogs.com, received 28 January 2022
Cost: €10
Tracks: 'O vento mudou', 'A lenda do rochedo' / 'Stop please don't cry', 'Um homem só'
