Los Paraguayos

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Los Paraguayos ( German  The Paraguayans ) was founded in 1957 by Luis Alberto del Paraná (born June 21, 1928, † 1974) after his previously founded group Los Tres Paraguayos had split up. In addition to himself , the band included his brother Reynaldo Meza , the harpist José de los Santos Gonzáles , the guitarist Angel "Pato" Garcia and Rubito Mendina .

Career

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The 20 most beautiful South America hits
  DE 10 December 11, 1978 (6 weeks)
  AT 11 January 15, 1979 (8 weeks)
Fiesta romantica - with 20 hits around the world
  DE 55 05/30/2014 (1 week)
  CH 98 05/25/2014 (1 week)

Los Paraguayos enjoyed worldwide success and also performed a few times with the Beatles . The group performed in Madison Square Garden , New York , Olympia in Paris , London Palladium , Latin Quarter Tokyo , Tchaikowsy Hall in Moscow .

After Luis Alberto's death, his brother, Reynaldo Meza, headed the group, to which Alfredo Marcucci and Arsenio Jara now also belonged.

Since the group was very successful, it was copied by many other groups, including Los Reyes Paraguayos ("the royal Paraguayans"), Los verdaderos Paraguayos ("the real Paraguayans") called. These groups appear in different line-ups with singers, guitarists, drummers and harpists as cultural ambassadors of Paraguay worldwide. It is typical in the groups that there is a harpist who can play the Paraguayan harp and there are good singers. The repertoire of the groups includes South American, Spanish and Mexican classical folk songs such as Guantanamera , La Bamba and Malaguena Salerosa .

A famous band in the same style are Les Guaranies , who were in exile in Paris but specifically did not call themselves Los Paraguayos . Their leader was Franzisco Marin, who also created numerous own compositions.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luis Alberto. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 4, p. 40 f.
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  3. ^ Beatles In: The Beatles: a diary, Barry Miles. Bosworth 1998.
  4. ↑ Our cover picture. In: Guitar & Laute 3, 1981, 3, p. 64.
  5. ↑ Trivia . But probably based on Los Guaireños (later: Los Tres Paraguayos), the first trio Luis Alberto del Paranás.