Maximiano de Sousa

Maximiano de Sousa, known to most people as Max, was a Madeiran (Portuguese: madeirense), born in Funchal in 1918. It was here that career started. He was a tailor, and even after becoming an artist, he long maintained that profession. In 1936 he began working at night in a hotel bar in Funchal as a singer and continued to work as a tailor during the day. In 1957, he left for the United States where he remained for two years, afterward he toured Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina. ==Selected discography==

(incomplete) • Noites da Madeira/Bailinho da Madeira (78, VC, 1949) • Bailinho da Madeira/Noites da Madeira (Single, Decca/VC, 1956) • A Mula da Cooperativa / A Coisa / O Magala / O Homem do Trombone (Columbia) • Porto Santo • 31 • Sinal da Cruz • Pomba Branca, Pomba Branca/Quando a Dor Bateu à Porta (Single, Decca/VC, 1974) • As Bordadeira • Casei com uma Velha • Júlia Florista • Maria Rapaz • Maria tu tens a mania • Mas sou fadista • Mula da Cooperativa • Nem ás paredes confesso • Noite • O Magala • Pomba Branca • Porto Santo • Rosinha dos Limões • Saudades da Ilha • Sinal da Cruz • Vielas de Alfama ==References==