Adelino Moreira, a songwriter of torch songs

There was a time in the 1950s when Adelino Moreira was probably the most popular song writer in the Brazil. Adelino wrote mostly 'torch songs' that told of betrayal, women who ended up on the wrong side of the tracks, drunkeness, masochism, sadism and all sorts of human feelings and conditions. Nelson Gonçalves (born on 21st June 1919) by far the most popular crooner in the 1950s, usually got to sing Adelino's best songs and sold hundreds of thousands of records up to the early 1960s, before Brazilian rock'n'roll caught up with them. 

Adelino Moreira de Castro was born on 28 Mach 1918, in a small village near Pôrto, Portugal. His father Serafim and mother Rosa migrated to Brazil in 1919, when little Adelino was only 1 year old, so he grew up in Rio de Janeiro. 

Nelson Gonçalves was Adelino Moreira's  songs most faithful performer.

Adelino Moreira with Cauby Peixoto and Angela Maria. 

Adelino Moreira's repertoire as of 1971. My favourite songs written by Adelino in this list are: 1. 'Meu vício é você'; 2. 'A volta do boêmio'; 3. 'Deusa do asfalto'; 4. 'Ciclone' (sung by Carlos Nobre); 5. 'Argumento'; 6. 'Chore comigo'; 7. 'Meu dilema'; 8. 'Devolvi' (sung by Nubya Lafayette); 9. 'Doidivana'; 10. 'Flor do meu bairro' (tinha o destino da lua, morava na minha rua); 11. 'Maria Helena' (sung by Roberto Vidal); 12. 'Borrasca' (sung by Angela Maria); 13. 'Dois amores' (Roberto Vidal).