Doce was a
Portuguese female band from the 1980s. It was one of the first
girl bands An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed. While ...
in Europe.
The girls took part in the Portuguese national final in order to represent the country in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song "Doce" ("Sweet"), but came second, and in
1981
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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
Portugal was represented by Doce, with the song "Bem bom", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate on 24 April. Doce was the winner of the Portuguese national final for the contest, held on 6 March. The song was chosen ...
" ("Very good") and went on the
Eurovision Song Contest 1982 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), Fátima Padinha (first wife of
Pedro Passos Coelho), 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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