Quinta do Bill (Bill's Farm in English) is a Portuguese

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formed in 1987.

Beginning

In September 1987 at Mr. Guilherme's (Portuguese

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for William, and so known as Bill) farm Quinta do Bill (Bill's Farm) was born by the hands of Carlos Moisés, Paulo Bizarro and Rui Dias. That year they took part in the first ''Modern Music Show'' from RUC (Rádio Universidade de Coimbra) and in 1988 in the fifth Rock Rendez-Vous contest, where they reached the final.Quinta do Bill
sapo.pt For being finalists they won the right to record the song "Zézé," included in the collection ''Registos''. In 1990 they reached the semi-finals of the contest Rock Pepsi- RFM and won the first prize at the first RTP contest Aqui D'el Rock, which gave them the chance to record their first album ''Sem Rumo'' two years later.

Success

One year later the album ''Os Filhos da Nação'' was released by Polygram, reached the gold record Top AFP
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staff (as both players and technical staff, including the former

coach

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) recorded the song "Filhos do Dragão", which is the Quinta do Bill's song "Os Filhos da Nação" with adapted lyrics, and it became a major hit among the team supporters. Middle way, they were the support band of

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' concert in José Alvalade Stadium, with enthusiastic encore request from the crowd. In 1996 they released the album ''No Trilho do Sol'', again a gold record, including hits such as "A única das Amantes", "No Trilho do Sol" and "Se te Amo", driving the band to a large tour. In September they performed a live concert for more than 40,000 people in the

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Nowadays

In the following years the band made tours, released a ''Best of...'' (1999), and recorded new songs for the album ''Nómadas'', which was released in 2001 by

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and had the special participation of the Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui and the Iranian Bijan Chemirani in the percussions. After the release of ''Ao Vivo Tour 2003'', the record of the band's live performance in Queima das Fitas of

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, Quinta do Bill returned to an album of originals, releasing in December 2006 ''A Hora das Colmeias''. The record has the participation of well known names as writer

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and songwriters Pedro Abrunhosa, Miguel Castro, Tim,

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, João Afonso, Sebastião Antunes, Moz Carrapa and João Portela. In 2007 the band celebrated their twentieth anniversary with a show in their hometown Tomar that was recorded to be released in CD and DVD . ''Sete'' (''Seven'') is the name of the band's seventh album, released in 2011 and produced by Nuno Rafael; it reached number five in Portuguese Top Charts. Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary the band released ''25 Anos - As Baladas'', a compilation of their hit love songs with two new ones. In 2013, the 25 Years tour ended in OPorto on New Year's Eve with the band performing for 100.000 people. In 2014, celebrating the twenty-five years of the group biggest hit “Os Filhos da Nação”, the band played in Oporto's most famous venue, the Coliseu, with Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa. All the band's biggest hits with were played with symphonic arrangements in a two-hour show that was later released in a two CD/DVD pack. 2015 was a busy year, working on the songs for a new album to be released in March 2016 while touring Portugal and the islands in a 30 dates tour that also brought the Symphonic show to crowd of 10,000 at the band's hometown of

Members

Carlos Moisés (

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since 1987), Paulo Bizarro (

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since 1987), Cató (

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since 1995), Jorge Costa (

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since 2000), Dalila (

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since 2005)Pedro Cruz (

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since 2020),

Former band members: Rui Dias (

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1987–1992), João Coelho (

1987–2000), Pedro Ferreira ( keyboards 1987–1990), Fernando Paulo (

1987–1988), João Portela (

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1989 - ), Alfredo Fonseca ( keyboards 1990–1993), Paulo Jorge (

1992–1995), Nuno Flores (

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1993–2006), Pedro Pimentel ( keyboards/

1993–1997) and Miguel Urbano (

1997–2020).

Discography

*''Sem Rumo'' - Dansa do Som - 1992 *''Os Filhos da Nação'' - Polygram- 1994 *''No Trilho do Sol'' - Polygram - 1996 *''Dias de Cumplicidade'' - Polygram - 1998 *''Best of'' - Universal - 2000 *''Nómadas'' - Universal - 2001 *''Ao Vivo Tour 2003'' -

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- 2004 *''A Hora das Colmeias'' - Espacial - 2006 *''20 Anos ao Vivo'' - Espacial - 2006 CD/DVD *''Sete'' - Espacial - 2011 *''25 Anos - As Baladas'' - 2012 *''Sinfónico - Ao vivo no Coliseu do Porto com a Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa'' - 2015

References

External links

Extensive Quinta do Bill's biography in Música Portuguesa Anos 80

Band´s biography on Tomar weblog

Quinta do Bill's myspace (in Portuguese and in English)

* Allmusic entry on Quinta do Bill {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinta Do Bill Portuguese rock music groups Folk rock groups Celtic music groups Musical groups established in 1987 1987 establishments in Portugal