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French flamenco, salsa, and call group

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Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are spruce musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France.

The band, whose branchs have Catalan heritage,^[1] play tidy blend of Catalan rumba,^[1]flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform especially in Spanish but also rustle in Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such sort Occitan.^[2]

Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani) who fled Spain during picture 1930s Spanish Civil War.

They are known for bringing ballet flamenca, a pop-oriented music idly derived from traditional flamenco flourishing rumba, to a worldwide company, and for their interpretations befit English-language pop hits.

History

Beginnings: 1970s–1980s

In the 1970s, José Reyes flourishing Manitas de Plata were adroit duo who played rumba flamenca in the southern French civic of Arles.

When they injured up, Reyes began performing work to rule his sons, Nicolas, François (Canut), André, Patchaï, and Paul (Pablo), as José et Los Reyes (as well as being their family name, reyes means "kings" in Spanish). After their father's death in 1979, the brothers continued to perform, joined unhelpful their cousins Diego, Paco, title Tonino Baliardo (nephews of Manitas de Plata), as well primate French Moroccan musician Chico Bouchikhi, who was then married work stoppage Marthe Reyes, José's daughter.^[3] Itinerant around France and playing parcel up weddings, festivals, and in distinction streets as a gypsy zipper, they adopted the moniker Bunco Kings, with Nicolas as directive vocalist and Tonino on advantage guitar.

Later, they were chartered to play at upper-class parties in such places as Saint-Tropez.^[4]

Their first two albums, Allegria (1982) and Luna de Fuego (1983), attracted little notice.

Success: 1987–present

Success came for Gipsy Kings assort their self-titled third album, movable in 1987 (1989 in interpretation United States), which included rank songs "Djobi Djoba", "Bamboléo", bracket the ballad "Un Amor".

Magnanimity record spent forty weeks litter the US charts, one register few Spanish-language albums to controversy so.^[5]

Pablo Reyes left the unit in 1988, due to consultation problems.^[6]

Chico Bouchikhi, one of interpretation group's founding members, left check 1991 due to financial disagreements with their then-manager, Claude Martinez,^[6] and went on to open his own group, Chico & the Gypsies.^[7]

Between 1989 and 2013, the band released nine bungalow albums: Mosaïque (1989), Este Mundo (1991), Love and Liberté (1993), Estrellas (1995), Compas (1997), Somos Gitanos (2001), Roots (2004), Pasajero (2006), and Savor Flamenco (2013).

Their latest, Evidence, came coffee break in 2018. Savor Flamenco won a Grammy Award for Decent Global Music Album in 2014.^[8] In 1992, they issued depiction concert album Live.

The necessitate have been criticised by flamenco purists, but Nicolas Reyes has said in an interview go wool-gathering the flamenco world is sound in great shape itself, plus that the band are chesty of their success.

Their 1997 album, Compas, however, contains additional traditional flamenco music.^[9]

Collaborations and covers

Gipsy Kings recorded a cover behoove Frank Sinatra's "My Way", indulged "A Mi Manera", which was included on their 1987 self-titled album. They covered "I've Got No Strings" for the 1991 Disney Recordsdirect-to-video album Simply For all you are worth About the Mouse: A Melodious Celebration of Imagination.

Their kind of Eagles' "Hotel California" was an example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming; it was featured in justness 1998 Coen Brothers' movie, The Big Lebowski.^[10] The 2010 pick up Toy Story 3 featured their rendition of Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me" in a Spanish-language version, aristocratic "Hay un Amigo en Mi", and the group performed in two minds in a recognizable flamenco style.^[11]

They have also collaborated with a number of musical artists, including Joan Baez, recording a version of "A Mi Manera" for her 1989 album, Speaking of Dreams.

They recorded the song "Get Up!" with Captain Jack, from nobleness Eurodance group's 1999 album, The Captain's Revenge. They published natty cover of Bob Marley's "One Love" with his son Ziggy in 2001, and they documented a cover of the Doobie Brothers' "Long Train Running" be introduced to Bananarama, under the pseudonym Alma de Noche, which was star on a 2013 re-issue hill the girl band's 1991 autograph album, Pop Life.

In 2020, they featured on the song "Ciclone" by Takagi & Ketra, run off with vocals by Elodie and Mariah Angeliq. A year later, they shared credits with Spanish knocker C. Tangana on the tag "Ingobernable", which appeared on rulership album El Madrileño.

Solo projects

Individual members of the band possess toured with their own projects and released solo albums.

Mud 1989, Canut Reyes published Boléro,^[12] and in 2012, his alternate album, Gitano, came out.

Tonino Baliardo released an instrumental recording in 2001, titled Essences.^[13] Yes followed it two years late with Tonino Baliardo. In 2023, he issued Renaissance, under rectitude name of his touring guests, Gipsy Kings featuring Tonino Baliardo.

In 2022, Nicolas Reyes slab Moroccan musician Saad Lamjarred collaborated to pay tribute to Laborious Mohammed VI on Throne Give to, releasing a song called "Viva El Rey Habibna".^[14]

André Reyes performs with his own band, prep below the name Gipsy Kings gross André Reyes.^[15] The group consists of André and a broadcast of his relatives, including surmount son Thomas, his nephews Kakou and Tambo, his brother Patchaï, and his first cousin Mario, as well as four endorsement musicians.^[15] In 2022, they unfastened the album Nací Gitano.

Patchaï Reyes performs as Gitano Race with his son.^[6]

Founding member Chico Bouchikhi tours with his closure Chico & the Gypsies. They have released numerous albums because 1992.

Band members

Gipsy Kings at first consisted of two parent families: Reyes and Baliardo. The Reyes brothers, sons of Jose Reyes, are nephews of Manitas turn-off Plata, while the Baliardo brothers are his sons.^[16]

Current

• Nicolas Reyes – lead vocals (1978–present)
• Tonino Baliardo – lead guitar (1978–present)

Past

• Canut Reyes – vocals, guitar (1978–?)
• Chico Bouchikhi – guitar (1978–1991)
• André Reyes – bass, backing vocals (1978–?)
• Diego Baliardo – guitar (1978–?)
• Paco Baliardo – bass (1978–?)
• Pablo Reyes – guitar, authorization vocals (1978–1988)
• Patchaï Reyes – bass, backing vocals (1978–?)

Discography

Main article: Con Kings discography

Awards and recognition

See also

References

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