José Cid
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares |
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February 4, 1942 Chamusca, Portugal |
| Genres | Pop rock, progressive rock, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Keyboards |
| Years active | 1956–present |
José Cid (born José Albano Cid de Ferreira Tavares on February 4, 1942 in Chamusca, Portugal) is a Portuguese singer and composer. Outside of his home country, Cid is best known for performing "Um grande, grande amor" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 and for the progressive rock album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte.
Over his long-lasting career, Cid has been awarded with 25 Silver, 8 Gold (2 double), and 3 Platinum records.
Cid was born in 1942 in Chamusca, son of Francisco Albano Coutinho Ferreira and Fernanda Tavares Salter Cid Ferreira Gameiro. In 1953, aged 11, he went to the municipality of Anadia. He began his career in 1956 with the founding of the Babies, a musical group specialized in the interpretation of songs from other bands. In 1960, as a student of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (FDUC), he created in Coimbra the Conjunto Orfeão, with José Niza, Proença de Carvalho and Rui Ressurreição.
José Cid is married since 2013 (present), with the well known East Timorese journalist and artist/painter Gabriela Carrascalão . Cid and Gabriela are living in his farm in Mogofores, municipality of Anadia. José Cid has one child, Ana Sofia Infante Pedroso, who was born in 1964, from his first marriage with Emilia Infante Pedroso. Ana Sofia did work briefly with her father – she is author of some of his lyrics and made choruses to some of Cid's songs.
After enrolling four times in the first study year of law at the University of Coimbra, Cid dropped out law and the city of Coimbra, and went to Lisbon in 1965 to attend the National Institute of Physical Education (INEF). One of his colleagues in INEF was the brother of Michel who played in the Conjunto Mistério. After a hearing he was invited to join the group that some time later was renamed Quarteto 1111. José Cid also does not complete the course at INEF because he was called to military service 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 by afternoon he was playing music in a garage. At weekends, he acted with the Quarteto 1111.
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