Doce was a
Portuguese
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female band from the 1980s. It was one of the first
girl bands in Europe.
The girls took part in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in The Hague, Netherlands, and was organised by host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) – which agreed to stage the event a ...
with the song "Doce" ("Sweet"), but came second, and in
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
with the song "Ali-Bábá, um homem das Arábias" ("Ali Baba, a man of the Arabias"), reaching 4th place in the national final. One year later, they won with "
Bem bom" ("Very good") and went on the
Eurovision Song Contest 1982
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom, following the country's victory at the with the song " Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz. Organised by t ...
to reach the 13th position. There is also an English version of this song, called "Bim Bom", as well as a Spanish version, called "Bingo".
The members were Laura Diogo, Lena Coelho (who later also became an
actress
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), Fátima Padinha (first wife of
Pedro Passos Coelho
Pedro Manuel Mamede Passos Coelho (; born 24 July 1964) is a Portuguese politician and university guest lecturer who was the 118th prime minister of Portugal, in office from 2011 to 2015. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD ...
), and Teresa Miguel. Those last two were the female half of the band
Gemini who represented Portugal in 1978. Fernanda da Sousa, who would later have notable success in Portugal as Ágata, temporarily replaced Coelho during the latter's pregnancy in 1985 and then replaced Padinha after her departure in the same year.
Discography
Source:
Albums
*''OK KO'' (LP, Polygram, 1980)
*''É Demais'' (LP, Polygram, 1981)
Singles
*"Amanhã de Manhã/Depois de Ti" (Single, Polygram, 1980)
*"Doce/Um Beijo Só" (Single, Polygram, 1980)
*"OK KO/Doce Caseiro" (Single, Polygram, 1980)
*"Ali-Bábá (Um Homem das Arábias)/Jingle Tónico" (Single, Polygram, 1981)
*"É Demais/Dói-dói" (Single, Polygram, 1981)
*"Bem Bom/Perfumada" (Single, Polygram, 1982)
*"For The Love Of Conchita/Choose Again" (Single, Polygram, 1983)
*"Starlight/Stepping Stone" (Single, Polygram, 1983)
*"Quente, Quente, Quente/Eu e o meu namorado" (Single, Polygram, 1984)
*"O Barquinho da Esperança/A história do barquinho" (Single, Polygram, 1984)
*“Bem Bom“ (CD, Universal Music Portugal, 2003)
The Compilations
*''Doce 1979-1987'' (Compilation, Polygram, 1986)
*''15 anos Depois'' (Compilation, Universal, 2002), CD
*''Docemania'' (Compilation, Universal, 2003), CD/Comp
*''A Arte E A Música'' (Compilation, Universal Music Portugal, 2004) CD/Comp
*''Bandas Míticas , , Volume 24'' (Compilation, Levoir, 2011) CD/Comp
*''Os Maiores Êxitos Das Doce'' (Compilation, Lisbon Records, N.D) LP/Album/Comp
References
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Portugal
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1982
Portuguese girl groups
Portuguese musical groups
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