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January 1, 2021
Carlos do Carmo, Portuguese fado singer (born 1939)
Carlos do Carmo
Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida, better known as Carlos do Carmo, was a Portuguese fado singer.
Fado
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today."
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year. This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year.