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The Gypsy Kings are a group
of French Roma (gypsy) musicians, best known
for bringing rhumba flamenca, a pop-oriented
version of traditional flamenco music, to
mainstream audiences.
They became popular with their
debut album, self titled Gypsy Kings, which
included the songs "Djobi Djoba",
"Bamboleo" and "Un Amor".
The song "Volare" on their third
album Mosaique is a rhumba version of Domenico
Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto
Di Blu". The Gypsy Kings were enormously
popular in France despite harsh criticism
from flamenco purists. Gypsy Kings was successful
throughout Europe, especially France and
England. In 1989, Gypsy Kings was released
in the US and it spent 40 weeks on the charts,
one of very few Spanish language albums
to do so.
Their albums include Gypsy
Kings, Estrellas, Mosaique, Love & Liberte,
Compas, Este Mundo, Somos Gitanos and Roots.
The Gypsy Kings are members
of two related families: the Reyes and the
Baliardos (Reyes means Kings in Spanish).
They are cousins, and the Baliardos descend
from the flamenco great Manitas de Plata.
The Gypsy
Kings are:
Nicolas Reyes - lead vocals
Pablo Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
Canut Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
Patchai Reyes - backup vocals, guitar
Andre Reyes - guitar
Diego Baliardo - guitar
Paco Baliardo - guitar
Tonino Baliardo - lead guitar
Chico Bouchikhi was also a member of the
Gypsy Kings, but quit after the album Este
Mundo.
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