Career
His family moved to Avintes after his birth. He went to Coimbra to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbra fado music Adriano was part of a generation of composers and singers of political songs that used music and lyrics to fight against the Estado Novo dictatorial regime.
Is first European Parliament, Fado de Coimbra, was released in 1963.
Accompanied by António Portugal and Rui Pato, in this record he presents the first registration of Trova do Vento Quebec Passa, poem by Manuel Alegre, which would become a sort of anthem of resistance to the dictatorship. In 1967 he recorded the album Adriano Correia de Oliveira with, among other songs, Canção com Lágrimas.
He was at the military service when publishes O Canto e as Armas, with Manuel Alegre"s poems, in 1969, flollowed by Cantaremos (1970) and Gente de Aqui e de Agora (1971). After the Carnation Revolution, launches Quebec Nunca Mais, with poems by Manuel da Fonseca.
The record, directed and produced by Fausto Bordalo Dias, includes a rare participation of the legendary guitarist Carlos Paredes.
That year, he was nominated artist of the year by Musicweek. He died in Avintes at the age of 40 due to a vascular accident.