Baccarat (band)

Baccarat
General information
Genre (s)	Disco , pop
founding	1973 as Venus
resolution	1982
Founding members
singing	Mayte Mateos
singing	María Mendiola († 2021)

Baccara was a Spanish disco duo that was considered the world's most successful female singing duo from 1977 to 1979. It is named after the Baccara rose .

story

Beginnings

Mayte Mateos , born on February 7, 1951 in Logroño , and María Mendiola (born on April 4, 1952 in Madrid ; died on September 11, 2021 there), met in November 1973 at the Spanish television ballet. As flamenco dancers and singers, they started their own business in Spain as the duo 'Venus' and performed on Fuerteventura , among others , where they were discovered in January 1977 by Leon Deane, Fred Dieckmann and Patrick Kavetz (all RCA ).

The first album Baccara was partially recorded by the German producers Rolf Soja and Frank Dostal in the Maschen recording studio and was a huge success. Peter Zentner and Tore Syvertsen were also involved. The released singles Yes Sir, I Can Boogie and Sorry, I'm a Lady became number 1 hits across Europe in 1977 and are now considered disco classics. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie was number 1 in 18 countries. In Germany, the record is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

In England, Baccarat was the first Spanish group and the first female singing duo to make it to the top of the charts. In 1978 and 1979 other successful singles followed such as Darling, The Devil Sent You to Lorado and Ay, Ay Sailor.

In 1977 Baccara performed with the title Mad in Madrid for Germany at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. With the song Parlez-vous français? represented the duo Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 and reached seventh place.

At the end of the 1970s, she made regular appearances on the French Sacha Show as well as on West and East German television in music stores , in disco and in Ein Kessel Buntes .

In 1979, Baccara recorded the title Eins plus one is one, sung in German, as part of the “Year of the Child” proclaimed by UNICEF .

separation

After legal disputes, Mateos and Mendiola finally parted ways in 1982. Both initially pursued solo projects and later founded their own new singing duo, one after the other.

Start-up (s)

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Baccarat at the street festival for Cologne Pride Mayte Mateos (left) and Paloma Blanco, 2006
General information
Genre (s)	Disco , pop
founding	1983
Founding members
singing	Mayte Mateos
singing	Marisa Perez
Current occupation
singing	Mayte Mateos
singing	Paloma Blanco

In 1983 Mateos started as "... the voice of Baccarat" together with Marisa Pérez, a former colleague of the television ballet. They performed under the familiar name 'Baccara', mostly with a well-known repertoire. Pérez left the duo after a short time. Since then, the Spanish singer Paloma Blanco has been singing with Mayte Mateos all over the world.

Baccarat
General information
Genre (s)	Disco , pop
founding	1985 as New Baccarat
Founding members
singing	Maria Mendiola
singing	Marisa Perez

María Mendiola followed in 1985 and founded - also with Marisa Pérez - the duo 'New Baccara'. Years later they left out the "New"; since then there have been two female singing duos called 'Baccara'.

From 1994 to 1998 Mateos sang a.o. with Jane Comerford . Between 1999 and 2004 Baccara feat. Mayte Mateo's two albums, Baccara 2000 (1999) and Soy tu Venus (2004). In 2004, the duo took part in the Melodifestivalen , the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , with the title song Soy tu Venus .

On July 27, 2007, a 3-CD box with all the original Baccarat titles (for the first time on CD rarities such as Amoureux , Baila-tu , Candido and Eins plus one is one ) was released on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the stage.

Original Baccarat producer Rolf Soja and copywriter Frank Dostal worked again with the original lead singer Mayte Mateos after more than 25 years. The result was the album Satin… in Black & White, which went on sale on June 27, 2008. It includes six new recordings of classics as well as six previously unreleased songs such as Nights in Black Satin, Simply Forget and (I Don't Want) To Lose Lautrec, along with a "German Medley" consisting of German versions of their greatest hits: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (But only with this song) , I'm a lady and the devil sends you to Laredo.

In December 2010 a Christmas medley was published as a download . New recordings produced in the meantime have not yet been published by peer-music.

In 2013 the Spanish band 'Sala & the Strange Sounds' produced a current, rock version of the world hit Yes Sir, I Can Boogie and a corresponding video with Mayte Mateos . On April 27, 2013 the song was presented in the Boogie Roller Disco "Charada" in Madrid.

In 2016 the band 'Fundacion Tony Manero feat. Baccara '(with Mayte Mateos) Dame un Poco de Tu Amor and the band' Plugin mit Baccara feat. Maria Mendiola 'a new, electro-heavy version of the classic Yes Sir, I Can Boogie as a download single. In November 2016 a preview single I Belong To Your Heart was released under the name 'Baccara feat. María Mendiola 'from the album that was announced for May 5, 2017. Producers were Luiz Rodriguez ( Modern Talking , CC Catch , New Baccara and Mayte Mateos ). The single was placed in Poland and Serbia , among others .

María Mendiola died on September 11, 2021 at the age of 69.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1977	Baccarat	DE13 (11 weeks) DE	AT2 (28 weeks) AT	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	First published: October 1977

shaded in gray : no chart data available for this year

More albums

1978: Light My Fire 1979: Colors 1982: Bad Boys 1990: Fun (as New Baccara) 1999: Made in Spain (feat. Maria Mendiola)

1999: Baccara 2000 (feat.Mayte Mateos) 2000: Face to Face (feat. Maria Mendiola) 2004: Soy tu venus (feat.Mayte Mateos) 2008: Satin ... in Black & White (feat. Mayte Mateos) 2017: I Belong to Your Heart (feat.Maria Mendiola)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1979	The hits of baccarat	DE30 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: December 1978

shaded in gray : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

1980: The Best of Baccara 1994: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 1994: Our Very Best! 1996: Baccara - The Very Best Of (as New Baccara) 1998: The Collection 1999: Woman to Woman 2000: Suurimmat Hitit 2002: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 2002 2003: The Best Of - Original Hits

2003: Greatest Hits 2003 2003: New Projects (Hits & Unreleased Tracks) 2003: MP3 Collection (with FR David ) 2005: Grand Collection 2005: The Best of Baccarat 2006: The Very Best of Baccarat 2006: Singles Collection 2008: 30th Anniversary 2013: Todas sus grabaciones en RCA (1977–1980)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
1977	Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Baccarat	DE1 gold (30 weeks)DE	AT2 (28 weeks) AT	CH1 (17 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (… Where.)UK	First publication: April 1977 Authors: Frank Dostal , Rolf Soja
	Sorry, I'm a Lady Baccarat	DE1 (23 weeks) DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH2 (13 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (9 weeks)UK	First publication: August 1977 Authors: Frank Dostal, Rolf Soja
1978	Darling Light My Fire	DE6 (15 weeks) DE	AT7 (8 weeks) AT	CH9 (7 weeks) CH	-	First publication: January 1978 Authors: Frank Dostal, Rolf Soja
	Parlez-vous français? Light My Fire	DE21 (9 weeks) DE	AT18 (8 weeks) AT	-	-	First publication: April 1978 Authors: Frank Dostal, Peter Zentner, Rolf Soja
	The Devil Sent You to Lorado The Hits of Baccara	DE4 (21 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH5 (9 weeks) CH	-	First publication: November 1978 Authors: Frank Dostal, Peter Zentner, Rolf Soja
1979	Body-Talk Colors	DE26 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First publication: May 1979 Authors: Frank Dostal, Rolf Soja
	Ay, Ay, Sailor Colors	DE39 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First publication: September 1979 Authors: Frank Dostal, Rolf Soja

More singles

1977: Granada 1977: Koochie-Koo 1979: El diablo te mandó a Laredo 1979: One plus one is one 1980: Sleepy-Time-Toy 1981: Colorado 1986: Call Me Up / Talisman (as New Baccara) 1988: Fantasy Boy (as New Baccara) 1989: Touch Me (as New Baccara)

1990: Yes Sir I Can Boogie '90 (as New Baccara) 1999: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie '99 2000: I Want to Be in Love with Somebody 2004: Soy tu Venus 2005: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 2005 2016: Dame un Poco de Tu Amor (Fundacion Tony Manero feat.Baccara; with Mayte Mateos) 2016: Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (with plugin) 2018: Gimme Your Love 2021: No Sir, Don't Say Goodbye

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Finland 1978: for the album Light My Fire

2 × platinum record  Finland 1978: for the album Baccara

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / RegionAwards for Mu-sik-ver-käu-fe (country / region, awards, sales, sources)	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	sources
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	140,000	ifpi.fi
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	-	750,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2

Awards

• 1977: Golden Bravo Otto
• 1978: Bambi
• Entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most successful female singing duo

sources

1. ↑ Focus.de )
2. ↑ WORLD: "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie": Baccarat singer María Mendiola has died . In: THE WORLD . September 12, 2021 ( welt.de [accessed September 12, 2021]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK

Web links

Commons : Baccarat  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Baccarat short biography
• Baccarat at AllMusic (English)
• Baccarat at Discogs
• Discography at spanishcharts.com
• Baccarat at 45cat.com (English)
• Baccara at Rate Your Music (English)