Café Quijano is a Spanish
pop rock
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band formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar, and Raúl Quijano, all of whom are singers. The brothers are originally from
León, along with their father, who ran a musical pub called "La Lola" in the city centre, which gave name to one of their most well-known songs. Apart from publishing four successful albums, they presented galas, collaborated with Disney for soundtracks, and worked on a project with
Castilla y León
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's image to promote tourism to the region.
Their third album was a big success and it sold 500,000 units while their debut album was released in Spain and Mexico only, where it sold 75,000 and 45,000 units.
Throughout its history, the band has collaborated with artists such as the outstanding Cuban musician
Pancho Amat
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on their debut album.
Olga Tañon
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Russia
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sings with them in "La Taberna del Buda", and on their last production, they sang with
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature st ...
and
Celine Dion
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.
In April 2007, Manuel Quijano, the lead singer, announced his first solo CD (''Vidas y Venidas'') and confirmed that, after the promotion of ''¡Qué grande es esto del amor!'', the group was to split up.
Discography
* ''Café Quijano'' (1998)
# "Loco de amor"
# "Ante todo"
# "Tu ritmo loco"
# "Poesía de amor"
# "La duda eterna"
# "La vecinita"
# "Discúlpame"
# "Envidia"
# "Pensando en ti"
# "Porque me miras"
* ''La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano'' (1999)
# "La Lola"
# "Sangre negra"
# "Hablando a un cristal"
# "El perdido"
# "Morenita"
# "Falsas promesas"
# "Vete de mí"
# "Los locos"
# "Lágrimas de miel"
# "En algún rincón"
*
''La Taberna del Buda'' (2001)
* ''¡Qué Grande Es Esto del Amor!'' (2003)
# "Tequila"
# "Cerrando bares"
# "El arte del teatro"
# "La duquesa"
# "¡Qué grande es esto del amor!"
# "¿Por qué me miente?"
# "Todo es mentira"
# "El loco triste"
# "Dame de esa boca"
# "Nadie lo entiende" (
Chorus
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feat.
Celine Dion
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)
# "No tienes corazón" (feat.
Joaquín Sabina
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina (born 12 February 1949) is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature st ...
)
# "Sirvame una copita"
Trivia
*Café Quijano wrote the lyrics for and sang in
Disney
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's Spanish-dubbed version of ''
Lilo & Stitch
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'', providing the main song called "Ardiente Amor" ("
Burning Love
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").
*In 2004 Café Quijano composed the Spanish National Football Team's song for that year's
Eurocup, called "Sírvame una Copita" ''(Pour me a drink)''. The Spanish meaning of "Sírvame una Copita" for Eurocup is "Serve (bring) me a cup" (the winning cup of Eurocup).
*They were among the artists selected by
Armando Manzanero
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to make his record "Duetos" ''(Duets)'', in which they sing "Esperaré" ("I'll Wait").
References
External links
Official Site
Café Quijano's MySpace page
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People from León, Spain
Spanish pop music groups
Musical groups established in 1998
1998 establishments in Spain