Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican Banda formed in

Mazatlán Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding ''municipio'', known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of ...

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

. It was founded in 1989 by friends and family members of

Banda el Recodo Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to simply as Banda El Recodo, is a Mexican banda formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa in 1938; it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family. Banda El Recodo has recorded with po ...

by Cruz Lizárraga. Alfonso Lizárraga and Pancho Barraza, the first vocalists, were two of the more than dozen bandmembers comprising the original incarnation of the band. After releasing several albums, in 2010 the band released their album '' ¡Ando Bien Pedo!'', featuring the single of the same title, which became a number-one hit in the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart.

Controversies

In 1998 Alfonso Lizárraga member of Banda El Recodo come one fit them the name so that the band was forced to change their name to Banda Vuelta De Río. This band recorded three albums with Musart and some members returned to Recoditos, the actual band. There has been some opposition to the current band because most of the original members still belong to the band Vuelta De Río. Although the current band plays the hits of the original musical group, there are arguments that there actually only is one version of the original band.

Recent Nominations

BANDA LOS RECODITOS... NOMINATED IN TWO CATEGORIES- LATIN GRAMMY 2016 The Band is nominated in two important Regional Mexican categories with their album "ME ESTÁ GUSTANDO." The award ceremony will take place November 17, 2016 at the T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Banda Los Recoditos is also nominated for "Band Of the Year" in the Premios de La Radio awards. They are nominated with the likes of La Septima Banda, La Arrolladora Banda el Limon, Banda Ms. The ceremony will take place November 3, 2016 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Band members

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Style

The music of Los Recoditos is like most Bandas Sinoalenses, featuring vocalists harmonizing to a third and high horn hits in the background. The band often uses the I-vi-IV-V

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(known by the

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). The

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is usually a 3-4 or a 4-4, but 6-8 or a

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between 3-4 and 6-8 is not uncommon.

Discography

*A Bailar De Caballito (1990) (First Album Win Linda Records) *Lola La Bailera (1990) *''Las rejas no matan'' (1991) *''Tu abandono''(1992) *''Un Sólo Cielo'' (1993) *Adios Amor (1994) *Volumen 4 (1995) *''Canto Para Tí'' (1995) *''Siempre te voy a recordar'' (1996) *''El Nylon'' (1997) *Oye Amigo (1996) *Banda Sinaloense Los Recoditos (1997) *''Y Todavia Hay Amor'' (1998) (Last album on Musart) *''Como La Primera Vez'' (2001) (Only album on

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) *Puras Romanticas (2004) *''Si No Existieras'' (2004) (First album on Fonovisa) *En Accion (2005) *''Dos Enamorados'' (2005) *''Vengo a Decirte'' (2007)(Last album on Fonovisa) *Y Seguimos Enamorados (2009) * ¡Ando Bien Pedo!'' (2010) *A Toda Madre (2011) *Para Ti Solita (2012) *El Free (2013) *Sueno xxx (2014) *Me Esta Gustando (2016) *Los Gustos Que Me Doy (2017) *Perfecta (2019) *30 Aniversario (2020) *Vivir La Vida (2021) *Me Siento A Todo Dar (2022)

References

{{Authority control Musical groups established in 1989 Mexican musical groups Sinaloa Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists 1989 establishments in Mexico Latin Grammy Award winners