José Cid was born as José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares on February 4, 1942 in Chamusca, Portugal. He started a career in music in 1956 when he founded the Babies, a musical group which performed mostly covers. Besides being in various bands in the Sixties and Seventies, he also started a solo career.In 1980 he was selected to represent Portugal during the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Um grande, grande amor'. He finished seventh in a field of 19 competitors, which was Portugal's best result up until then. 'Un grand, grand amour' is the French version of the song, which was released internationally. The single was not a commercial success.
My collection: 7" single no. 4564
Found: Marktplaats.nl, received February 16, 2010
Cost: 2 euro
Tracks: 'Un grand, grand amour' / 'Barbara'
Greetings from Portugal. Excellent blog. Keep on with the good work.
ReplyDeleteJosé Cid became famous in the group 1111 (Babies were a school band with no recordings). Some of them tried to record in UK (but without sucess) so they change their name to Green Windows.
one of the solo albuns of Jose Cid (the scientific fiction concept album "10.000 anos depois entre Venus e Marte") is well known in some markets
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10,000_Anos_Depois_Entre_Venus_e_Marte