Jorge Manuel de Abreu Palma ComIH (born 4 June 1950) is a Portuguese singer and songwriter.

At the same time, he continued his studies, first at the Camões Secondary School and after at the Colégio Infante de Sagres in Abrantes.

[1] In 1969, Palma joined the rock band Sindicato, while studying Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon.

To avoid conscription and the Portuguese Colonial War in Portugal's overseas territories in Africa, Palma departed to Denmark with his wife Gisela Branco, where he lived between September 1973 and June 1974 as a political exile.

[3] In February 1975, Palma participated in the 12th edition of the Festival da Canção with two songs: "O Pecado Capital" (with Fernando Girão) and "Viagem".

Back to Portugal in 1979, Palma recorded and released his third album, Qualquer Coisa Pá Música.

The album was critically acclaimed and includes some of his most well-known songs, such as "Frágil" and the title-song "Bairro do Amor".

After his final exam, he was proposed by Tozé Brito, who worked for Polygram at the time, to record an album of rearrangements of his songs with only piano and voice.

Palma liked the idea and recorded some of most iconic songs played with a Steinway piano at the Valentim de Carvalho studios.

[3] In 1996, Palma accepted an invitation to join a new project, named Rio Grande, a band that included other famous Portuguese musicians, Tim (Xutos & Pontapés), João Gil (Ala dos Namorados), Rui Veloso and Vitorino.

In 1997, Rio Grande released a live album recorded at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon, which included an unreleased song by Palma, "Quem És Tu De Novo".

[3] That year, he also joined the musical project Cabeças no Ar, which was basically a reunion of Rio Grande without Vitorino.

In 2007, the album Voo Nocturno was released, supported by the single "Encosta-te a Mim", which became a major success in Portugal.