Nelson Ned

Nelson Ned
Nelson Ned
	Nelson Ned in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto
Born	2 March 1947; Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	5 January 2014 (aged 66); São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Years active	1963–2008

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 in 1973

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)

Videos

VHS

Alabando al Rey (in Spanish)
Alabando Al Rey – Nelson y Otros (in Spanish)
Un Hombre Nuevo – A New Man (in Spanish)
Desde Brasil – Nelson Ned En Dallas (in Spanish)

DVD

Un Hombre Nuevo – New Man (in Spanish)

Books

O Melhor De Nelson Ned
O Pequeno Gigante Da Cancao
El Pequeño Gigante De La Canción

References

^ Biografía de Nelson Ned, el "pequeño gigante de la canción" Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, entretenimiento.starmedia.com; accessed 11 April 2014.
^ "Morre aos 66 anos Nelson Ned, o 'pequeno gigante da canção' (Nelson Ned, the 'little giant of song', dies at 66)". Folha de S. Paulo. 5 January 2014.
^ Notice of death in Huffington Post, 6 January 2014; accessed 11 April 2014.

External links

Nelson Ned profile, allmusic.com; accessed 11 April 2014.
"The Little Giant of Song"; accessed 11 April 2014.
"Nelson Ned" profile, Cliquemusic.uol.com.br; accessed 11 April 2014.
Nelson Ned at IMDb

[1] Biografía de Nelson Ned, el "pequeño gigante de la canción" Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine, entretenimiento.starmedia.com; accessed 11 April 2014.

[2] "Morre aos 66 anos Nelson Ned, o 'pequeno gigante da canção' (Nelson Ned, the 'little giant of song', dies at 66)". Folha de S. Paulo. 5 January 2014.

[3] Notice of death in Huffington Post, 6 January 2014; accessed 11 April 2014.

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