Dave Maclean (born José Carlos González, 29 September 1944 – 17 June 2023) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, whose repertoire sung in English was very successful in the 1970s.
Biography
Born in Brazil to a Spanish father, Maclean became interested in singing and playing at the age of five. In 1969, he started a band named "Os Botões" in the ABC Region, in the Greater São Paulo. The band had its name anglicized later, becoming "The Buttons". In 1973, Som Livre, a subsidiary of Rede Globo, made a proposal for Maclean to record songs in English, so they could become part of soap opera soundtracks. At that time, being featured in the television shows with the highest audience across all TV channels in the country, would push sales of any records related to those programs. Because of that, Maclean became a very popular artist in Brazil.
1970s
Maclean scored several hits, such as "Me and You," (the theme song for the soap opera "Os Ossos do "Barão"),
"We Said Goodbye", "Tears" (also recorded by Chrystian, a Brazilian singer), and "Feelings" (an international hit by Morris Albert). "We said Goodbye" was a resounding success, and received Gold Records both in Brazil and Mexico. In Mexico, Maclean did a remarkable job of putting four hits within the top ten.
