[2] He achieved national and international success in the 1970s, including performances at the Royal Opera House in London and the Paris Olympia.

[4] But, with the death of his father Alfredo de Almeida in 1962, do Carmo soon joined his mother to help her run their fado house, the Faia.

[2] Do 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.

Fado also started to lose exposure on the radio and on television; according to musicologist Rui Vieira Nery [pt], do Carmo was an exception to this trend, because of his connection to "sectors of the democratic opposition".

The procedure employed by their British counterparts consisted of choosing a single artist who would perform all the songs in the contest.

[8] Do Carmo was chosen as the only singer of that year's Festival da Canção and the winner of the contest was the song "Uma flor de verde pinho".

A Man in the City), a concept album featuring an array of poems about Lisbon by Ary dos Santos.

[5]) His uniqueness, apart from the special timbre of his voice, is in his ability to bring composers from other styles such as jazz, as well as adding the orchestra to fado music.

His classics include "Bairro alto", ""Lisboa, menina e moça",[17] "Canoas do tejo", "Os putos"[17] and "Por morrer uma andorinha".