Biography
Marquinhos PQD earned early acclaim for his songcraft inside the neo-pagode movement, with leading samba artists frequently selecting his material. Fundo de Quintal introduced “Fases do Amor,” written alongside Chiquinho and Fernando Piolho, while Beth Carvalho recorded the Adilson Bispo and Gerson do Vale collaboration “Coração Feliz.” In 1987 Jovelina Pérola Negra titled her album after “Luz do Repente,” composed with Franco and Arlindo Cruz, and the same partnership supplied Fundo de Quintal with “Já Foi Uma Família.” Beth Carvalho returned to PQD’s catalog in 1988 for the Franco and Arlindo Cruz piece “A Sete Chaves.” The following year Reinaldo cut “Pra Ser Minha Musa” with Chiquinho and Arlindo Cruz; Beth Carvalho added “Sonhando Eu Sou Feliz,” again credited to Franco and Arlindo Cruz; and Sampa placed “Pagode de Família,” co-written with Fernando de Lima and Franco, on its self-titled album. Also in 1989 Fundo de Quintal registered both “Se Você Me Der a Mão,” another Chiquinho and Arlindo Cruz song, and “Não Valeu,” written with Franco and Arlindo Cruz. Bezerra da Silva recorded the 1990 track “Se Não Avisar o Bicho Pega,” credited to Marcinho and Jorge Carioca. In 1991 Beth Carvalho included “Olhos da Paixão,” composed with Sombra and Sombrinha, and performed three PQD numbers—“Sonhando Eu Sou Feliz,” the Gígio and Bebeto di São João collaboration “Salve a Natureza,” and “A Sete Chaves”—on her live album Ao Vivo no Olympia, taped at the Olympia in Paris, France. Zeca Pagodinho named his 1996 album after “Deixa Clarear,” written with Sombrinha and Arlindo Cruz. Luizinho SP recorded “Me Deixa,” a 1999 composition with Serginho Procópio and Acyr Marques. In 2000 Zeca Pagodinho revisited “Luz do Repente,” and the samba-enredo “Verde, Amarelo, Azul-Anil, Colorem o Brasil do Ano 2000,” written with Dico da Viola, Jefinho and Marquinho Índio, was chosen by the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school for its annual Carnaval parade. Arlindo Cruz and Sombrinha recorded the 2001 song “É Sempre Assim,” co-authored with Arlindo Cruz and Sombrinha, while Jorge Aragão cut “Abuso de Poder,” written with Carlito Cavalcanti, that same year.