''Los Canarios'' were a Spanish

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later) band from

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founded by Eduardo "Teddy" Bautista in 1964.

Career

The band started off in

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as Canaries performing

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and

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with lyrics in English. Their first album ''Flying High with The Canaries'' (1967) was only released in the US, receiving a belated edition in Spain, in 1985. The singles "Get on Your Knees" and "Free Yourself" became hits in Spain, as a second LP entitled ''Libérate!'' was released in 1970, but they had to disband momentarily when Bautista entered the military service. "Get on Your Knees", specifically, reached triple gold status. Through the first half of the 70s the style of the band became closer to

, as Bautista increasingly experimented with synthesizers and electronic music. All this came to fruition by means of ''Ciclos'' (1974), a double album that came like a symphonic rock adaptation of Vivaldi's " Four Seasons".Album review on allmusic.com
/ref> The group disbanded in 1974.

Discography

*''Flying High with The Canaries'' (1967) *''Libérate!'' (1970) *''Canarios vivos!!!!'' (1972) *''Ciclos'' (1974)

Members

*Teddy Bautista *Germán Pérez *Graham Bircumshaw *Álvaro Yébenes *Ricky Morales *"Tato" Luzardo *"Nano" Muñoz *Alfredo Mahiques *Vicente Mahiques

References

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