article_title name background birth_date genre origin birth_name occupation
tó cruz
 tó cruz solo_singer 9 july 1967 pop , r & b lisbon , portugal antónio josé ramos da cruz singer
tó cruz

tó cruz -lrb- born antónio josé ramos da cruz , 9 july 1967 , lisbon -rrb- is a portuguese singer of cape verdean descent , best known for his participation in the 1995 eurovision song contest .
cruz started out as a studio backing singer and voiceover performer for television and radio commercials .
in 1995 , he entered the portuguese eurovision selection , `` festival da canção '' , with the song ' `` baunilha e chocolate '' -lrb- `` vanilla and chocolate '' -rrb- , and was the clear winner with the regional juries .
`` baunilha e chocolate '' went forward to the 40th eurovision song contest , held on 13 may in dublin .
cruz 's performance was professional , but the song itself did not prove popular with the juries , finishing in 21st place of the 23 entries after receiving points only from france and greece .
this was portugal 's lowest eurovision placement at the time .
cruz provides the voice of quasimodo in the portuguese version of disney 's `` the hunchback of notre dame '' , the singing voice of dodger in `` oliver and company '' , and garrett in `` quest for camelot '' .
his first album , `` alma nua '' , was released in 1998 , followed two years later by `` camaleão '' , but neither sold well .
in 2001 , cruz moved to the usa , where he recorded an english-language album under the name of antónio tc cruz .
returning to portugal , cruz provided more voiceover work for disney 's 2007 film `` enchanted '' and has sung with artists such as laura pausini , paulo de carvalho and rão kyao .
