The procedure employed by their British counterparts consisted of choosing a single artist who would perform all the songs in the contest. In 1976, in the first Festival da Canção after the revolution, the organizers of the contest tried to emulate A Song for Europe's method of national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Fado also started to lose exposure on the radio and on television according to musicologist Rui Vieira Nery, do Carmo was an exception to this trend, because of his connection to 'sectors of the democratic opposition'. Following the Carnation Revolution, fado saw its place as the Portuguese national music threatened by the emergence of canção de intervenção, a term encompassing Portuguese protest songs. He represented Portugal at the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with his song ' Uma flor de verde pinho', finishing in 12th place.Ĭarmo introduced new styles to fado, including the addition of orchestras, and the incorporation of other styles such as jazz into the traditional music.ĭo Carmo performs at Eurovision Song Contest 1976.ĭo Carmo's career thrived in the 1970s, when he released several of his most well-known songs and collaborated with a number of opponents to the Estado Novo regime, such as Fernando Tordo, Paulo de Carvalho and the poet Ary dos Santos. He achieved national and international success in the 1970s, including performances at the Royal Opera House in London and the Paris Olympia. He continued working at the fado house for a number of years, while also expanding his recording career. He began singing himself shortly afterwards and, in 1963, he began his career as a recording artist. The son of Lucília do Carmo, a well-known fadista, do Carmo began his career in fado following his father's death in 1962, when he returned from a period in Switzerland to help his mother run the family's fado house.

Lucília do Carmo, Alfredo Marceneiro, Amália Rodrigues, José Carlos Ary dos Santos, Fernando Tordo Carlos Manuel de Ascenção do Carmo de Almeida

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