# José Castilhos | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 10:30 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: José Castilhos
- Visible lyric pages: 2

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `jose-castilhos`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 10:30 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-79caa6b06fe9fb2f
- Visible lyric pages: 2
- Pages with stored lyric text: 2
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1702
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Amanheceu, and Sonho Bom
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

José Castilhos came from Alegrete, Brazil, and started playing guitar in local bars. In 1981, he joined the band Os Montanari, which is where he wrote the song "Amanheceu." That track came out in 1984 and became his most recognizable work. "Amanheceu" has a melancholic melody with lyrics about love and loss. Another song people know is "Sonho Bom." Castilhos released albums like "José Castilhos" in 1984 and "Amanheceu" in...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Amanheceu — https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos/amanheceu
2. Sonho Bom — https://lyroverse.com/jose-castilhos/sonho-bom