Nelson Gonçalves (June 21, 1919 – April 18, 1998) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born Antônio Gonçalves Sobral in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, he was raised in São Paulo. As a young man, he worked at a variety of menial jobs, including boxing, before embarking on a career in music that saw him become one of the most popular Brazilian radio singers of the 1950s. Nelson Gonçalves died of a heart attack at the age of 79. On his passing, Nelson Gonçalves was buried at Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro. In 2001, director Elizeu Ewald filmed a docu-drama about his life.
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