Dave Maclean

Dave Maclean, artistic name of José Carlos González (São Paulo, 1944) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter, whose repertoire sung in English was very successful in the 1970s. 2Biography Son of a Spaniard man, Dave at the age of five became interested in singing and playing. In 1969, he founded in ABC, in the Greater São Paulo, a set of dances called "The Buttons", that later happened to be called "The Buttons". In 1973, a company linked to Rede Globo, from Sistema Globo de Recordings (SIGLA), better known as Som Livre, made a proposal for Dave to record in English, whose songs would be inserted in the themes of soap operas. At that time, Som Livre soundtracks, featured in the television shows of the highest audience among all TV stations in the country, would take off sales of any discs within its schedule. And then, Dave became very popular in Brazil. 31970s Dave scored several hits as "Me and You," (the theme song for the soap opera "Os Ossos do "Barão"), "We said goodbye", "Tears" (also recorded by Christian, a Brazilian singer), and "Feelings". "We said goodbye" was a resounding success, and received gold disk in Brazil and Mexico. In Mexico, Dave did a remarkable job of putting four hits in the top ten. The singer also had recognition in countries like Philippines, Ecuador, Panama, Portugal, United States, Spain, France and Englan