 Later that year, he represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest, in which he placed 12th.In 1977, Carlos do Carmo released "Um Homem na Cidade", a concept album featuring an array of poems about Lisbon by Ary dos Santos.The album would become one of the greatest successes of Carmo's long career, and was described by Nery as being "one of the most significant albums in the whole fado discography".