José Cid


José Cid, born on February 4, 1942 in Chamusca, Portugal, is a Portuguese singer and composer. Abroad, Cid is best known for performing "Um grande, grande amor" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 and for his progressive rock album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte.
Cid has been awarded 25 Silver, eight Gold, and three Platinum records.

Early life

Cid was born in 1942 in Chamusca, son of Francisco Albano Coutinho Ferreira and Fernanda Tavares Salter Cid Ferreira Gameiro. At age 6, he moved with his family to the municipality of Anadia. His professional career began when he started a covers band called Os Babies, in 1956.
José Cid married Gabriela Carrascalão in 2013. Carrascalão is an East Timorese journalist and artist/painter. Cid and Gabriela live in a farm in Mogofores, municipality of Anadia. José Cid has one daughter, Ana Sofia Infante Pedroso from his first marriage with Emilia Infante Pedroso. Ana Sofia worked briefly with her father, but are currently estranged.
In 1965 Cid dropped out of school, never finishing the first year of Law School at the University of Coimbra. In the city of Coimbra in created the musical group Conjunto Orfeão with José Niza, Proença de Carvalho and Rui Ressurreição.
Cid went to Lisbon in 1965, to attend the National Institute of Physical Education. One of his colleagues at INEF was the brother of Michel, a member of the band Conjunto Mistério. After an audition he was invited to join the group, later renamed Quarteto 1111. José Cid did not graduate from INEF either, because he was called to serve as an officer of the Portuguese Air Force. At the air base of Ota he was a gym teacher between 1968 and 1972. He taught in the morning and in the afternoon he played music in a garage. On the weekends, he played with the Quarteto 1111.

Quarteto 1111

José Cid co-founded Quarteto 1111, the first band to take a new approach to pop-rock music in Portugal, with a modern line-up and instrumentation.
Quarteto 1111 was the first symphonic rock band in Portugal. Between 1968-69 they received media attention from a hit single, "El Rei D. Sebastião", a song about the loss of the Portuguese king D. Sebastião, who supposedly died in the fields of Morocco during the battle of Alcazarquivir. All the myths related with the return of King Sebastian – a quite anchored Portuguese myth – were fairly treated in this song. The harpsichord made its first appearance in Portuguese rock music. A single with the English version of the song was released in Great Britain. José Cid was the band leader, composer, keyboard and lead singer. The rest of the band had a classic formation influenced by the usual Beatles line-up, but with a sound and song structure reminiscent of The Moody Blues. The following album continued in the same vein, combining melodic songs with new "progressive" instruments, namely the Mellotron. Later on the band evolved to the late 1970s pop sound.

Progressive rock

Cid explored symphonic rock with Cantamos Pessoas Vivas, Vida – Sons do Quotidiano and 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte. The progressive concept album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte was released in 1978 and was consistently featured in www.progarchives.com on the top five progressive rock albums ever, and considered "Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music". Most of the songs, influenced by a sort of mix combining The Moody Blues and Pink Floyd psychedelia, were composed by Cid, some of them with the help of guitar player Mike Sergeant and drummer Ramon Galarza. Another project from this lineup, Vozes do Além, explored the "Life after Death / Reincarnation" theme. Featured in the record are a poem by Natália Correia and two from Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Presently, work on this album has resumed, with the original lineup and the addition of younger musicians.

OTI Festival

In 1979 José Cid was selected by RTP to represent Portugal in the eighth edition of the OTI Festival, which was held in Caracas, Venezuela. He competed with the song "Na cabanha junto á praia", which was well received in the festival to the point that he managed to get the third place with 32 points.
In 1981, one year after his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, he was again selected by the Portuguese broadcaster to compete in the tenth edition of the OTI Festival, which was held in Mexico City. This time he was not as successful as in his previous attempt in the Latin-American song contest and he got the tenth place scoring 14 points.

Eurovision

The pop inclinations of José Cid led him to create, during the first half of the 1970s, a 4 piece vocal pop group and to participate in the 1974 Festival da Canção with Imagens and No Dia Em Que O Rei Fez Anos. He also participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song Um grande, grande amor.

Present day

José Cid himself made a career as a songwriter and singer, and remains a popular and active musician in Portugal.
His latest album "Menino Prodígio", released in 2015, was awarded the Pedro Osório Award for the best album of the year by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores .
In 2016, Cid released his first album in Spain. He received a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

Discography

With Quarteto 1111

AlbumRelease
Date		Format & Tracks
A Lenda de El-Rei D.Sebastião1967EP
Balada para D. Inês1967EP
Meu Irmão / Ababilah1968Single
Dona Vitória1968EP
Nas Terras do Fim do Mundo / Bissaide1969Single
Génese / Os Monstros Sagrados1969Single
Todo o Mundo e Ninguém / É Tempo de Pensar em Termos de Futuro1970Single
Back to the Country / Everybody Needs Love, Peace and Food1970Single
Domingo em Bidonville1970EP

Quarteto 1111 		1970LP
Ode to the Beatles / 11111971Single
Sabor a Povo / Uma Nova Maneira de Encarar o Mundo1972Single
Bruma Azul do Desejado 1973LP

Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê, Cantamos Pessoas Vivas		1974LP - progressive rock
Antologia da Música Popular Portuguesa1981Compilation
Memo / Os Rios Nasceram Nossos1987Single
A Lenda Do Quarteto 11111993Compilation
A Lenda De El-Rei D. Sebastião - Colecção Caravela1996Compilation
Singles e EPs2005Compilation

with Green Windows

Solo work

AlbumRelease
Date		Format & Tracks
José Cid1971First solo album. Features poems by Jorge Amado and Natália Correia; one theme by Gilberto Gil
Dom Fulano1971First solo single
Lisboa Perto e Longe1972EP
História Verdadeira de Natal1972EP
Camarada1972EP. Camarada, Retrospectiva, Viagem, Corpo Abolido
Olá Vampiro Bom1973Single
No Dia Em Que O Rei Fez Anos1974with Green Windows
A Rosa Que Te Dei1974Single
Portugal, É!...1975Single
A Festa Do Zé1975Single
Ontem, Hoje E Amanhã1976Single
Vida 1977Progressive rock EP
Tia Anita1977Single
A Anita Não É Bonita1977Single
Romântico Mas Não Trôpego1977Single
10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte1978Progressive rock Album
O Meu Piano/Aqui Fica Uma Canção/O Largo do Coreto/Porquê, Meu Amor, Porquê?1978EP
Minha Musica1978Single
Porquê1978Single
Largo Do Coreto1978Single
Aqui Fica Uma Canção1978Single
O Meu Piano1978Single
Coisas Suas1979LP
Verdes Trigais Em Flor1979Single
My Music1980LP
Um grande, grande amor1980EP
Um grande, grande amor1980Single
Bem-Me-Quer, Mal-Me-Quer, Muito, Pouco E Nada1980Single
Os Grandes Exitos De...1980LP
Um Rock Dos Bons Velhos Tempos1981Single
Antologia Portuguesa 61981LP
Morrer De Amor Por Ti1981Single
Grandes Êxitos Nº 21981LP
Como O Macaco Gosta De Banana1982Single
Magia1982LP. Se Eu Fizesse Amor Contigo, Desencontro, Magia, Depois Da Meia Noite, Na Manhã Do Meu Viver, Desde Que Me Ames Um Pouco, Uma Lágrima, O Cantor Na T.V., A Não Ser Que, Depois De Ti
Amar Como Jesus Amou1983Single
Portuguesa Bonita1983Single
Moura Encantada1984Single
Noites de Luar1985Single
Saudades De Ti1985Single
Xi-Coração1986Chovia Em Paris, Velho Moinho, Uma Balalaika, Tudo Bem, Tudo Bem, Como Um Condor A Voar, Caminheiro Da Noite De Estrelas, Os Teus Secretos Segredos, Ha
Uma Balalaika1986Single
Fado de Sempre1987LP
Uh! Au! Lobo Mau1987Single
Cai Neve Em Nova York1988Single
José Cid1989LP
O Melhor de1990LP
De Par Em Par1991LP
Camões, As Descobertas... E Nós1992LP
Vendedor de Sonhos1994LP
O Melhor Dos Melhores- Vol. 341994LP
Pelos Direitos do Homem1996Dedicated to the East Timor independence.
Nunca Mais É Sexta Feira !...1996LP
A Rosa Que Te Dei 1996LP
Ode a Federico Garcia Lorca1998LP
Cais Sodré1999Jazz album recorded in one take in April 1999
Entre Margens1999LP
Clássicos Da Renascença - Vol. 522000LP
José Cid / Adelaide Ferreira 2001LP
De Surpresa2002Duet album featuring songs with Paulo de Carvalho, Quinta do Bill, Vitorino and Waldemar Bastos
Antologia - Nasci p'ra música2003LP
Best2003LP
A Arte e a Música2004"Best of" album, double platinum
Baladas da minha vida2006Double platinum. Tracks: Na Cabana Junto à Praia, A Lenda de El-Rei D. Sebastião, 20 anos, O Melhor Tempo da Minha Vida, Ontem, Hoje e Amanhã, A Rosa Que Te Dei, Verdes Trigais em Flor, O Poeta, o Pintor o Músico, Velho Moinho, Nossa Senhora do Tejo, Junto à Lareira, Mulher, Café Contigo, Cai Neve em Nova Iorque, Não Tenho Lágrimas, Sonhador, Balada Para D. Inês, S. Salvador do Mundo, Há
Antologia II2006
Pop Rock & Vice Versa2007Double album released on June 21, 2007. Tracks:
CD 1
Como O Macaco Gosta De Bananas, Tôpo De Gama, A Pouco E Pouco, Amanhã De Manhã, Deus Inventou O Rock, Portuguese Boys, A Minha Música, Um Grande, Grande Amor, Beatlemania, Strawberry Fields Forever, Ego, Jardim À Beira Mar, O Pintor Não Morreu, Magia, Veneno Bom, Bola De Cristal, Doce E Fácil Reino Do Blá, Blá, Blá, Yesterday Today And Tomorrow
CD 2
  1. «Topo De Gama», #«No Tempo Em Que O Toninho Lanchava Com Os Amigos Na Pastelaria S.Bento», #«Chovia Em Paris», #«Coração De Papelão», #«Amizade Colorida», #«Uau! Lobo Mau!», #«Como Um Condor A Voar», #«De Surpresa», #«No Teu Refúgio», #«No Meu Piano», #«À Conquista De Cacela», #«Desde Que Me Ames Um Pouco», #«Tenho Este Amor Para Dar», #«Rendez Vous», #«A Não Ser Que», #«Um Rock Dos Bons Velhos Tempos», #«Na Rádio», #«Epitáfio»
Coisas do Amor e do MarAlbum scheduled for release in September 2009
Quem tem medo de baladas?New original album scheduled for release in 2007.
Vozes do AlémProgressive rock album, based in work started in the 70's after 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte, featuring the thematics of reincarnation and life after death. Several song were played live in 2014. Was due to be released in 2016, but is currently in limbo.