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Carlos Mendes

Name:Carlos Eduardo Teixeira Mendes
Born:23-5-1947
Nationality:Portuguese
   
National Finals:

Festival da Canção 1972, 1968

ESC Entries:

A festa da vida (1972)
Verão (1968)

   
Website:

Biography

Carlos Mendes is a Portugues singer, actor, composer. He started his musical career in 1963, founding the band Sheiks. The band split up in 1967, and Carlos moved on as a solo artist. In 1969, he performed a song “Penina”, penned by Paul McCartney. n 1976, together with Paulo de Carvalho, among others, he founded the independent record label Toma Lá Disco, which also released his own records. He also appeared in some television series and wrote music for films. Carlos released 12 solo albums between 1976 and 1999, and toured intensively in Europe, Brasil and the Soviet Union. He represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1968 and in 1972.

Entries

Country:Portugal
Year:1972
Language:Portuguese
   
Artist:Carlos Mendes
Song:A festa da vida
Lyrics:José Niza
Composer(s):José Calvário
Conductor:Richard Hill
   
Backings:Unknown
Results 
Points:90
Position:7
Running order:7
Country:Portugal
Year:1968
Language:Portuguese
   
Artist:Carlos Mendes
Song:Verão
Lyrics:José Alberto Diogo
Composer(s):Pedro Osório
Conductor:Joaquim Luis Gomes
   
Backings:
Results 
Points:5
Position:11
Running order:1