1. Jose Domingos de Morais, better known as Dominguinhos, was a Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer.
16 Facts About Dominguinhos
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Dominguinhos further developed this typical Brazilian musical style, born out of the European, African and Indian influences in north-eastern Brazil, creating a unique style of Brazilian Popular Music.
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Dominguinhos has performed with musicians such as Luiz Gonzaga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Ze Ramalho, Toquinho, Elba Ramalho, Yamandu Costa, and Maria Bethania.
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In 1997 Dominguinhos wrote the soundtrack of the film O Cangaceiro and participated in the Brazilian documentary "O Milagre de Santa Luzia" on the Brazilian accordion music.
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Dominguinhos became interested in music at an early age, starting to play accordion at six years of age, when he received a small eight-bass-accordion and started to play on fairs and in front of hotels, to earn some money with his two brothers, forming the trio "Os Tres Pinguins".
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Dominguinhos practised accordion for hours and soon became a virtuoso on the 48,80 and 120 bass accordions, starting to play professionally already as a teenager.
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Dominguinhos invited the young Dominguinhos to come with him to Rio de Janeiro.
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Dominguinhos went only in 1954, at age thirteen, together with his father and his two brothers, moving to the town of Nilopolis, near Rio de Janeiro.
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At that time Dominguinhos already had a son, Mauro, born in 1960, from his first marriage.
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In 1976, Dominguinhos meets the singer Guadalupe Mendonca, his third marriage, with whom he had a daughter Liv.
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Dominguinhos worked together with other well-known Brazilian musicians, such as Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethania, Elba Ramalho and Toquinho, and eventually consolidated an own musical career, developing further the musical styles of the North East of Brazil, and incorporating influences of bossa nova, jazz and pop.
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In December 2012, Dominguinhos was taken to a hospital in Recife with cardiac dysrhythmia and respiratory tract infection.
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Dominguinhos was later transferred to the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, in Sao Paulo, where his coma was described as permanent and doctors said there were no hopes he will return and wake up again.
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Dominguinhos was minimally conscious, able to understand his condition and the ones who surrounded him at the hospital.
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Dominguinhos died on 23 July 2013, due to infectious and cardiac complications, according to the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo.
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Dominguinhos was the subject of Dominguinhos, a 2014 documentary film by Mariana Aydar, Joaquim Castro and Eduardo Nazarian.