NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mocedades

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Group Formation

In the year 1967 in the Spanish city of Bilbao, eight Basque students decided to form a musical group to be known as Voces y Guitarras ("Voices and Guitars"), citing folk and spiritual music and The Beatles as influences. This group of siblings Amaya Uranga, Estibaliz Uranga, Izaskun Uranga, Roberto Uranga, brothers Rafael Blanco and Sergio Blanco, José Ipiña and Francisco "Paco" Panera spent a year performing around their hometown before sending a demo cassette to producer Juan Carlos Calderón in Madrid. He took an immediate interest in the group and renamed them Mocedades ("Youth"). 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... La Muy Noble y Muy Leal e Invicta (The most noble and most loyal and undefeated) Location Location of Bilbao in Spain and Biscay Coordinates : 43,15Â° n. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Estibaliz Uranga is a Spanish singer, now retired, and best known as a member of the folk group Mocedades, of which she was a member along with her two sisters, Amaya Uranga and Izaskum Uranga. ... Izaskun Uranga is a Spanish musician, who with her two sisters Estibaliz Uranga and Amaya Uranga formed the group Las Hermanas Urangas, which became Voces and Guitarras and, in 1969, the well-known Castilian folk group Mocedades. ... Sergio Blanco (born 25 November 1981) is a Uruguayan football (soccer) Striker. ... Motto: De Madrid al Cielo (From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad AutÃ³noma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-GallardÃ³n (PP) Area - Land 607 kmÂ² (234. ...

Eurovision and Worldwide Success

In 1970, both Ipiña (for military service) and Panera (to become a professor at a local university) left Mocedades. Estibaliz Uranga and the Blanco brothers followed in 1971, and in 1972 Ipiña returned and Carlos Zubiaga (from Los Mitos) joined. Javier Garay who had previously belonged to Voces y Guitarras rejoined the group in 1970 after serving in the Spanish military in Africa. It was with this configuration of six (three Uranga siblings, Zubiaga, Garay and Ipiña) that Mocedades achieved its greatest successes.

The group was now on its way to making a remarkable string of hits, most notably "Eres Tú " ("You are"), runner up in 1973 and the next year a massive hit in Europe and the United States of America. The song was re-released in English as "Touch The Wind" in later years. It was subsequently released in German: Das bist Du, French: C'est pour toi, Italian: Viva noi, and Basque: Zu zara. The song was the only U.S. Billboard hit for Mocedades; a follow-up, "Dime Señor" ("Tell Me, Lord," also recorded in English on its B-side as "I Ask the Lord"), flopped. The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision and was held on April 7, 1973 in Luxembourg. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

However, many more hits followed in Latin America and Spain, most notably "Tómame o Déjame" ("Take Me or Leave Me"), "El Vendedor" ("The Peddler"), "La Otra España" ("The Other Spain") and "Me Siento Seguro" ("I Feel Sure"). In 1980 Mocedades signed up to CBS Records, now Sony, and recorded more songs for the Spanish-speaking market, including "Ay Amor!" ("Oh Love") and "Amor de Hombre" ("Love of Man"), which was the first Mocedades track to enter English-speaking charts since the smash hit "Eres Tú". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

1984-Present

In 1984 Amaya Uranga announced her decision to leave Mocedades and was replaced by Ana Bejerano. The albums "Colores" and "Sobreviviremos" were released before Jose Ipiña and Carlos Zubiaga left in 1988. In 1992 "Intimamente", a cover album of pop classics arranged by Carlos Zubiaga, was released and more departures followed in 1993.

Just two of the "Historic Six" Mocedades members were around to record "Suave Luz" in the mid-1990's, and they found three further new members to record with them.

In the late 1990's some compilation albums of Mocedades's hits were released. Another compilation, "Todas de Exitos de Mocedades" ("All of Mocedades' Hits") was released in 2000 and later re-branded as simply "Exitos". A similar compilation followed in 2004, featuring thirty tracks.

After 10 long years, Mocedades is releasing their 22nd album: Mocedades canta a Juan Luis Guerra. This iteration of Mocedades includes: Izaskun Uranga, Javier Garay, Luis Hornedo, Rosa Rodriguez and Fernando Gonzalez. The songs on the new album include: Bachata rosa, La bilirubina, Burbujas de amor, Frio, frio, Cuando te beso, Como abeja al panal, Ojala que llueva cafe, Estrellitas y duendes (with Izaskun as principal singer), Palomita blanca and Visa para un sueño.

Members

The first date listed in brackets is the year in which the member joined Mocedades - the second date is the year in which they left.

Twenty-three people in all have been part of Mocedades since its inception. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Izaskun Uranga is a Spanish musician, who with her two sisters Estibaliz Uranga and Amaya Uranga formed the group Las Hermanas Urangas, which became Voces and Guitarras and, in 1969, the well-known Castilian folk group Mocedades. ... Estibaliz Uranga is a Spanish singer, now retired, and best known as a member of the folk group Mocedades, of which she was a member along with her two sisters, Amaya Uranga and Izaskum Uranga. ...

Trivia

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Discography

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