João Manuel Soares Ferreira-Rosa (16 February 1937 – 24 September 2017) was a Portuguese Fado singer and lyricist.

As a young boy, during the summer holidays in Castelo de Vide, he became interested in Cante Alentejano, and started singing among friends and family.

Shortly after, he became interested in Fado, admiring Amália Rodrigues and Alfredo Marceneiro in particular.

[1] In 1966, Ferreira-Rosa opened the Taverna do Embuçado, a Fado House in an historic building in Alfama, which quickly became one of the most well-known in Lisbon.

[2][1][3] He was initially associated with the People's Monarchist Party, but moved away after the departure of its founders, Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles and Henrique Barrilaro Ruas.