Los Lobos

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Los Lobos
Los Lobos (2009)
Los Lobos (2009)
General information
Genre (s) Tex-Mex , Roots Rock
founding 1973
Founding members
David Hidalgo
Guitar, drums
Louie Perez
Vocals, bass
Conrad Lozano
Singing, guitar, mandolin
César Rosas
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar, steel guitar,
accordion, bass, violin
David Hidalgo
Guitar, drums
Louie Perez
Vocals, bass
Conrad Lozano
Singing, guitar, mandolin
César Rosas
Steve Berlin
Enrique "Bugs" Gonzalez

Los Lobos ( Spanish for The Wolves ) is an American rock band formed in 1973 in Los Angeles by David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Conrad Lozano and Cesar Rosas as Los Lobos Del Este De Los Ángeles .

Career

In 1976 the debut album Sí Se Puede! on the market. In the following years, Los Lobos , as they called themselves, put their acoustic instruments aside and combined elements of rock , pop and latino music with the help of electric guitars . In 1978 the album Just Another Band from East LA was released

The 1983 album … and a Time to Dance was produced by T-Bone Burnett and Steve Berlin, who joined the band in 1984. The album featured a mixture of swing , blues and folk .

With the album How Will the Wolf Survive? (1985) and the title track, Los Lobos entered the charts for the first time. The record also received critical acclaim. In early 1987, By the Light of the Moon was released , which was hailed as their best album to date. On the album Los Lobos combined Latin American instruments with traditional rock 'n' roll .

In 1987, La Bamba was her biggest single hit. It reached number 1 on the charts in both the United States and Great Britain . In Switzerland the song was right at the top of the charts, in Austria on 3, in Germany on 7. The song appeared on the soundtrack of the film La Bamba , which tells about the life of Ritchie Valens . They also hit the international charts again with another Valens cover from the film, Come On Let's Go . On the 88 album La Pistola y el Corazon you could hear many North American and Mexican folk songs. In 1989 Los Lobos took a break.

Levon Helm and John Hiatt contributed to the album The Neighborhood . 1991 Los Lobos were represented with a song (Bertha) on the Grateful Dead tribute album Deadicated . In 1992 Kiko was released, which again offered strong Latin rock and is considered one of the best albums of the band. In the 1990s they appeared on various soundtracks and tribute albums for Richard Thompson and Buddy Holly . David Hidalgo and Louie Perez released songs under the names Latin Playboys and Hounddog . In 1995 Los Lobos recorded the children's concept album Papa's Dream with Lalo Guerrero . In 1996 Collossal Head came on the market, which, according to critics, sounded like a cheap ZZ-Top imitation.

Then the albums This Time (1999), El cancionero mas y mas (four CDs; 2000), Good Morning Aztlán (2002), The Ride (2004) and the DVD Live at the Fillmore (2004) were released.

In 2011 they contributed three songs to the soundtrack of the animated film Rango . In June 2013 Los Lobos went on tour in Germany as a support act with Neil Young . In the summer of 2016, they were on tour in North America with the North Mississippi Allstars and the Tedeschi Trucks Band .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1985 How Will the Wolf Survive? - - - UK77 (6 weeks)
UK
US47 (34 weeks)
US
First published: March 1985
1987 By the Light of the Moon - - - UK77 (3 weeks)
UK
US47 (32 weeks)
US
First published: January 1987
La Bamba DE30 (11 weeks)
DE
AT7 (14 weeks)
AT
CH3 (30 weeks)
CH
UK24
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(44 weeks)US
First published: June 1987
1988 La Pistola y El Corazón - - - - US179 (4 weeks)
US
First published: September 1988
1990 The neighborhood - - CH38 (2 weeks)
CH
- US103 (9 weeks)
US
First published: September 1990
1992 Kiko - - - - US143 (10 weeks)
US
First published: May 1992
1996 Colossal Head - - - - US81 (6 weeks)
US
First published: March 1996
1999 This time - - - - US135 (3 weeks)
US
First published: July 1999
2002 Good Morning Aztlán - - - - US82 (5 weeks)
US
First published: June 2002
2004 The ride - - - - US75 (5 weeks)
US
First published: May 2004
2006 The Town and the City - - - - US142 (1 week)
US
First published: September 2006
2010 Tin Can Trust - - - - US47 (3 weeks)
US
First published: August 2010
2015 Gates of Gold - - - - US153 (1 week)
US
First published: September 2015

More albums

  • 1976: Si Se Puede!
  • 1978: Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles
  • 1983: ... And a Time to Dance
  • 1993: Just Another Band from East LA
  • 1995: Papa's Dream
  • 2000: El Cancionero Mas y Mas
  • 2004: Ride This - The Covers EP
  • 2005: Live at the Fillmore
  • 2005: Acoustic en Vivo
  • 2006: Wolf Tracks - Best of
  • 2009: Los Lobos Goes Disney
  • 2013: Disconnected in New York City

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1985 Will the Wolf Survive
How Will the Wolf Survive?
- - - - US78 (5 weeks)
US
First published: March 1985
Don't Worry Baby
How Will the Wolf Survive?
- - - UK57 (5 weeks)
UK
-
First published: March 1985
1987 Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
By the Light of the Moon
- - - UK99 (3 weeks)
UK
-
First published: February 1987
La Bamba
La Bamba
DE7 (17 weeks)
DE
AT3 (16 weeks)
AT
CH1 (23 weeks)
CH
UK1 (11 weeks)
UK
US1 (21 weeks)
US
First published: June 1987
Come On, Let's Go
La Bamba
- - CH22 (5 weeks)
CH
UK18 (9 weeks)
UK
US21 (14 weeks)
US
First published: September 1987
Donna
La Bamba
- - CH26 (2 weeks)
CH
UK83 (4 weeks)
UK
-
First published: December 1987

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • FranceFrance France
    • 1987: for the album La Bamba
    • 1987: for the single La Bamba
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 1987: for the album La Bamba

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1987: for the single La Bamba

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 600,000 infodisc.fr
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 100,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 7,500 nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 2,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3

Web links

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  1. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US