Departures of note

Jorge Palma was a Portuguese singer, pianist and composer born in Lisbon on 4 June 1950. He began studying piano at age six and taught himself guitar during adolescence while gravitating toward pop and rock. After playing with the band Sindikato at the first Vilar de Mouros festival in 1971, he launched his solo recording career in 1972 with the English-language single 'The Nine Billion Names of God'. He spent time in Denmark during his military service before returning to Portugal following the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and releasing his debut album, Com Uma Viagem na Palma da Mão, in 1975.