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The Best Of The Gipsy Kings
''The Best of the Gipsy Kings'' is an album from the band Gipsy Kings. It was released on March 28, 1995, in the US. A compilation of previous albums, which also includes a live release of "La Dona", "Galaxia" and "Vamos a Bailar" (previously released on Allegria) and the popular party Medley (consisting of a mix of Bamboleo, Volare, Djobi Djoba, Pida Me La and Baila Me). It also includes the new song "A Tu Vera" in an acoustic tone. That song will only be re-released as a re-recorded version on the album '' Estrellas'' and its American version ''Tierra Gitana''. ''Greatest Hits'' which was released a year prior for European audience is a very similar compilation with a different song order and the replacement of "Viento Del Arena", "Quiero Saber", "Montaña", "Trista Pena", "Love & Liberté" and "A Tu Vera" by "Pida Me La", "A Mi Manera", "Tu Quieres Volver", "Soy", "La Quiero" and "Allegria". Also "La Dona" and "Galaxia" on this album are the live versions while the ones on ''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings are a group of flamenco, salsa, and pop musicians from Arles and Montpellier in southern France, who perform mostly in Catalan but also mix in Spanish with southern French dialects. Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly ''gitanos'', Spanish Romani who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. The group originally called itself Los Reyes. Career Gipsy Kings, born in France but brought up within Spanish culture, are largely responsible for bringing the sounds of progressive pop-oriented flamenco to a worldwide audience. The band started out in Arles, a town in southern France, during the 1970s, when brothers Nicolas and André Reyes, the sons of flamenco artist Jose Reyes, teamed up with their cousins Jacques, Maurice, and Tonino Baliardo. At the time, Jose Reyes and Manitas de Plata were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalan Rumba
The Catalan rumba ( ca, rumba catalana, ) is a genre of music that developed in Barcelona's Romani community beginning in the 1950s and 1960s. Its rhythms are derived from the Andalusian flamenco rumba, with influences from Cuban music and rock and roll. The Catalan rumba originated in the Romani communities in the Gràcia, ''carrer (street) de la Cera del Raval'' and Hostafrancs neighborhoods. The Romani community in those neighborhoods is long-established and bilingual in Catalan and were influenced by the heavy Andalusian immigration to Barcelona during this period. The genre is based in a fusion of Catalan-Andalusian flamenco singing and the Afro-Cuban claves. It is in time, and consists of vocalists and handclaps, accompanied by guitar, bongos, and güiro; later groups also incorporate timbales, conga drums, small percussion instruments, piano, wind instruments, electric bass, and electric keyboard. Among the most important early artists in the genre were Antonio G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly called Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Founded by Jac Holzman in 1964 as a budget classical label, Nonesuch has developed into a label that records critically acclaimed music from a wide range of genres. Robert Hurwitz was president of the company from 1984 to 2017. History Founding Nonesuch was founded in early 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP. To achieve this he initially licensed European recordings of classical music as it would be too expensive to record new material. Originally the label concentrated heavily on chamber and baroque music, often with (then) unique repertory, and typically sold at less-than-premium prices. Upon its formation, Nonesuch operated as a subsidiary label of Elektra Records, which Holzman had launched in 1950. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Gipsy Kings Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is a best of album by the French Rumba Catalana band Gipsy Kings, which was released in 1994 in Europe. Overview More than a simple compilation of previous albums, it also includes the 1992 single "Pida Me La", a studio release of "Galaxia", "Allegria" and "La Dona" (previously released live on Allegria), a more energetic release of "Vamos a Bailar" from the LP version and the popular party Medley (consisting of a mix of Bamboleo, Volare, Djobi Djoba, Pida Me La and Baila Me]. The Japanese edition of this album includes an extra track, "Este Mundo" (from the album ''Este Mundo'') as track #18 (the "Medley" is track #19). A similar compilation, ''The Best of the Gipsy Kings'', was released a year later in the U.S.; it has a different song order and replaces "Pida Me La", "A Mi Manera", "Tu Quieres Volver", "Soy", "La Quiero" and "Allegria" with "Viento Del Arena", "Quiero Saber", "Montaña", "Trista Pena", "Love & Liberté" and the previously unreleased "A Tu Ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrellas (album)
''Estrellas'' is the seventh studio album by the Gipsy Kings released in 1995 in Europe and a year later in the United States, under the title ''Tierra Gitana''. Overview The present album was later released as ''Tierra Gitana'' for the American audience, albeit with a different song order. The only differences are the replacement of the song "Los Peces en el Rio" for the instrumental song "Forever"; the song "Mujer" is also slightly different. Also, "A Tu Vera" is a different version than the one that appeared on ''The Best of the Gipsy Kings''. Track listing Credits *Acoustic Guitar – Georges Reyes *Drums, Percussion – Negrito Trasante-Crocco *Guitar – Canut Reyes, Maurice "Diego" Baliardo, Paco Baliardo, Patchai Reyes, Paul Reyes, Tonino Baliardo *Keyboards – Dominique Droin *Producer – Claude Martinez *Producer, Bass – Gérard Prévost *Vocals – Nicolas Reyes Nicolas Reyes (born 22 November 1958) is the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Encyclopedia Of Popular Music
''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin. It is the "modern man's" equivalent of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music'', which Larkin describes in less than flattering terms.''The Times'', ''The Knowledge'', Christmas edition, 22 December 2007- 4 January 2008. It was described by ''The Times'' as "the standard against which all others must be judged". History of the encyclopedia Larkin believed that rock music and popular music were at least as significant historically as classical music, and as such, should be given definitive treatment and properly documented. ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' is the result. In 1989, Larkin sold his half of the publishing company Scorpion Books to finance his ambition to publish an encyclopedia of popular music. Aided by a team of initially 70 contributors, he set about compiling the data in a pre-internet age, "relying instead on information gleaned from music magazines, individual expertise a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allegria
''Allegria'' (Italian; "joy") is the debut studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1982 in Europe. Overview This album and its successor, ''Luna de Fuego'', are very different from their later albums. They are both "unplugged" and traditional, using solely guitars, voices, and hand claps. The album includes two songs never released on a U.S. album ("Pharaon" and "Recuerda") and the original acoustic version of "Djobi Djoba". In 1990, the album was merged with ''Luna de Fuego'', while omitting certain tracks for a re-release to a US audience as ''Allegria (US Version) ''Allegria'' is a compilation album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1990 for US audience. It is a merged album of the original Allegria ''Allegria'' (Italian; "joy") is the debut studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1982 in Europe. Ove ...''. Track listing Credits *Edited By – Yves Desjardins *Photography By – Jacqueline Tarta *Producer – Sara Music *Recorded By – Pierre Braner *Written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djobi Djoba
"Djobi, Djoba" is a hit song by the Gipsy Kings, a French-Calé rumba flamenca band. It was initially released in 1982 as an acoustic version on their debut album ''Allegria''. In 1987, the song was re-recorded and released as a single. This version is from their self-titled third album. Along with other hits from the same album such as "Bamboléo" and "Un Amor", "Djobi Djoba" helped rocket the Gipsy Kings to European popularity, before they gained popularity in America in 1989. In 1989, ''Gipsy Kings'' was released in the US and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ... albums to do so. Chart positions References External linksThe Gipsy Kings discography, news (Music City) 1982 songs 1987 singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volare (song)
"Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (; 'In the blue ky s I waspainted blue' or 'In the blue-painted blue ky), popularly known as "Volare" (; 'To fly'), is a song originally recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Modugno and Franco Migliacci, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958. The song spent five non-consecutive weeks atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August and September 1958, and subsequently became ''Billboard'''s number-one single for the year. In 1959, at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, Modugno's recording became the first ever Grammy winner for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Winning the eighth Sanremo Music Festival, the song was chosen as the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1958, where it came in third place out of ten songs in total. The combined sales of all the versions of the song exceed 18 million copies worldwide, making it one of the all-time most popular songs to come out of Sanremo and Eurovision. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamboléo
"Bamboléo" is a 1987 Spanish language song by Gitano-French band Gipsy Kings, from their eponymous album. The song was written by band members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi) and Nicolas Reyes. It was arranged by Dominique Perrier. "Bamboleo" could be translated as "wobble" "swing" or "dangle" in Spanish. The now iconic song has been a worldwide hit for the Gipsy Kings and has since been covered by many artists, both in Spanish and in other languages. Origin The word ''bamboleo'' means "wobble" "sway" or "dangle" in Spanish. The song's refrain says: "''bamboleo, bambolea, porque mi vida yo la prefier* vivir así''", which translates to: "Swaying, swaying, because I prefer to live my life this way." Part of the song is an adaptation of the 1980 Venezuelan folk song "Caballo Viejo" by Simón Díaz. The refrain is based on Bamboleô by André Filho, recorded by Carmen Miranda in 1931. Julio Iglesias performed the song as "Caballo Viejo (Bamboleo)". Track lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums From The 1990s
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include re ... published in ''Billboard'' magazine that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, Internet sales (both physical and digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States. Below is the list of albums that reached number one on the Latin Pop Albums chart during the 1990s. Until July 17, 1993, charts were posted bi-weekly. Number one albums ;Key – Best-selling Latin pop album of the year References ;General * For information about each week of this chart, follow thilink select a date to view the top albums for that particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Latin Albums In The United States
Since July 1993, ''Billboard'' has published the best-selling Latin albums in the United States on the Top Latin Albums chart. Latin music is defined by ''Billboard'' and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as a music release with 51 percent or more of its content in the Spanish language. On October 17, 2017, ''Billboard'' published a list of the 25 best-selling Latin albums in country since September 1992. , the best-selling Latin album in the United States is '' Dreaming of You'' by Selena, her fifth and final studio album, which was posthumously released in 1995. It has sold three million copies since its release. ''Dreaming of You'' became the first predominantly Spanish-language album to top the ''Billboard'' 200 and was the best-selling Latin album of 1995 and 1996. Selena's fourth studio album, ''Amor Prohibido'', has sold more than 1,246,000 copies and is the fourth best-selling Latin album in the United States. Sales data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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