Quarteto em Cy ('Quartet in c', a play on words due to poet and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes)is a vocal group originally composed of four sisters hailing from Ibirataia, a town located in the Brazilian state of Salvador de Bahia: Cybele, Cylene, Cynara and Cyra - their real names. They started performing in 1959, appearing on local television in that year. Cyla, the leader of the group, then moved to Rio de Janeiro, and persuaded her three sisters to join her there. They then started to make regular appearances in the 'boates' (small nightclubs) of Rio, particularly 'Bottle's bar' and the legenday 'Zum-Zum', where they caught the attention of de Moraes and other prominent figures of the bossa nova scene. Their first album was released in 1964, and was to be followed by regular releases up to the lates 90s, at the frequency of one a year, and sometimes more. Connoiseurs of MPB and tropicalia have a particular regard for the first few years of their recording