Paulinho Nogueira | Brazil | The Guardian
BrazilObituaryPaulinho NogueiraThe soft, suave acoustic guitar sound that defines Brazilian popular music has Paulinho Nogueira, who has died of a heart attack aged 73, as one of its principal reference points. His biggest hit, in 1970, was Menina, which he sung as well as played, and which was also recorded in French and Italian. For the critic Zuza Homem de Mello the secret of Nogueira's compositions was that they portrayed the Brazilian soul with a tranquillity that only a few musicians still preserved.
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