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Descended from a family of Spanish travellers who fled to Arles, France during the Spanish Revolution, the Reyes brothers (sons of flamenco great Jose Reyes) and their cousins the Baliardo brothers (sons of legendary guitarist Manitas de Plata) brought flamenco music to the masses in the 1980s and 1990s, becoming worldwide stars in the process. Originally known as Los Reyes, they started out busking and playing at weddings before their popularity led to high class parties in St. Tropez and a meeting with producer Claude Martinez. He encouraged them to loosen their strict traditional melodies and embrace a more accessible pop sound; which resulted in third album Gipsy Kings (1987) becoming a huge succe
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Gipsy Kings
French flamenco, salsa, and pop group
This article is about the musical group. For persons with the title Gipsy King, see King of the Gypsies.
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage,[1] play a blend of Catalan rumba,[1]flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such as Occitan.[2]
Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani) who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco and rumba, to a worldwide audience, and for their interpretations of English-language pop hits.
History
Beginnings: 1970s–1980s
In the 1970s, José Reyes and Manitas de Plata were a duo who played rumba flamenca in the southern French town of Arles. When they split up, Reyes began performing with his sons
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Carlos santana tonino baliardo biography
They originally called themselves Los Reyes and started out as a gypsy band traveling about playing weddings, festivals, and in the streets. Because they lived so much like gypsies, the band adopted the name the Gipsy Kings.
Carlos santana tonino baliardo biography
Later, they were hired to add color to posh parties in St. Tropez. Popularity did not come to Los Reyes right away and their first two albums attracted little notice. At this point the Gipsies played traditional, albeit passionate flamenco music punctuated by Tonino's precise guit
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