Miami Sound Machine

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Miami Sound Machine
General information
founding 1970
resolution 1991
Last occupation
Gloria Estefan
Emilio Estefan Jr.
Enrique Garcia
Juan Avila
Wesley B. Right
Roger Fisher
Gustavo Lezcano († May 28, 2014)
Luiz Pérez
Víctor López
Trumpet
 Leo Villar
Betty Cortez

Miami Sound Machine was a US American Latin pop - band .

Band history

Originally founded in Miami in the early 1970s by the Cuban musician Emilio Estefan as Miami Latin Boys, the group renamed itself to Miami Sound Machine around 1977 after the recording of singer Gloria Fajardo (later married Gloria Estefan ).

Initially, the band released several albums in a mix of English and Spanish . After switching to CBS in 1980, several long players in Spanish followed until 1983. With the dance hit Dr. Beat , the group achieved a top ten European hit in the summer of 1984, prompting CBS to give the group the green light to release the completely English-language album Eyes of Innocence . With conga! from the album Primitive Love the breakthrough came a year later in the USA.

Other most successful songs by the band are Bad Boy and Words Get in the Way from 1986. In the same year, the Miami Sound Machine contributed the song Hot Summer Nights to the soundtrack of the film Top-Gun .

From 1987, the solo career of the lead singer Gloria Estefan increasingly came to the fore. The group released from 1987 as "Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine". From 1989 the albums were only released under the singer's name. However, to this day, the members of the Miami Sound Machine form the backing band of Gloria Estefan in changing line-up for live concerts and TV appearances.

An attempt to establish a women's trio on the dance floor under the name Miami Sound Machine was commercially unsuccessful in 2002.

Members

  • Gloria Estefan (1977–1988) - vocals , percussion
  • Emilio Estefan, Jr. (1975–1986) - percussion, accordion
  • Enríqué "Kíki" García (1975–1988) - drums
  • Juan Avíla (1977-1986) - bass
  • Wesley B. Wright (1979-1986) - guitar
  • Mercy Navarro (Mercedes Navarro Murciano) (1977–1982; † January 8, 2007) - vocals
  • Raúl Murciano (1976-1982) - keyboard instruments
  • Fernando García (1979–1981) - guitar
  • Louis Pérez (1980–1985) - trombone
  • Víctor López (1980–1986) - trumpet
  • Roger Fisher (1982-1986) - keyboard instruments
  • Gustavo Lezcano (1982–1984; † May 27, 2014) - harmonica
  • Betty (Cortés) Wright (1982–1985) - synthesizer , backing vocals
  • Elena Stracuzzi (1982-1983) - backing vocals
  • Leo Villar (1983) - trumpet
  • Jim "Sport" trumpeter (1985–1988) - piano
  • Rafael Pedilla (1985-1988) - percussion
  • Ed Callé (1985-1987) - saxophone
  • Dana Teboe (1985-1986) - trombone
  • Randy Barlow (1986-1988) - trumpet
  • Teddy Mullet (1986-1988) - trombone
  • Jorge "George" Casas (1987–1988) - bass
  • Clay Oswald (1987-1988) - keyboard
  • John Defaria (1987-1988) - guitar

MSM II (dance floor trio, 2002)

  • Lorena Pinot - vocals
  • Sohanny Gross - vocals
  • Carla Ramírez - vocals

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
1986 Primitive love DE41 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - US21st
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(75 weeks)US
First published: July 11, 1985
with Miami Sound Machine
1987 Let it loose DE57 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - US6th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(97 weeks)US
First published: June 1, 1987
with Miami Sound Machine
1988 Anything for you - - - UK1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(54 weeks)UK 		-
First published: August 1988
with Miami Sound Machine
1989 Cuts Both Ways DE27
gold
gold

(44 weeks)DE 		- CH13
gold
gold

(18 weeks)CH 		UK1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(64 weeks)UK 		US8th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(69 weeks)US
First published: July 5, 1989
1991 Into the light DE19 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT30 (1 week)
AT 		CH6 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK2
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)UK 		US5
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(68 weeks)US
First published: January 29, 1991
1993 Mi Tierra DE59 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH25th
gold
gold

(8 weeks)CH 		UK11 (11 weeks)
UK 		US27
Six times platinum (Latin) + platinum (standard)
× 6
Six times platinum (Latin) + platinum (standard)
Six times platinum (Latin) + platinum (standard)

(46 weeks)US
First published: June 22, 1993
Grammy (Best Tropical Latin Performance)
Christmas Through Your Eyes - - - - US43
platinum
platinum

(8 weeks)US
First published: September 28, 1993
1994 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me DE90 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH40 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK5
platinum
platinum

(19 weeks)UK 		US9
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(44 weeks)US
First published: October 14, 1994
1995 Abriendo puertas - - CH16 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK70 (1 week)
UK 		US67
Six times platinum (Latin) + gold (standard)
× 6
Six times platinum (Latin) + gold (standard)
Six times platinum (Latin) + gold (standard)

(16 weeks)US
First published: October 9, 1995
Grammy (Best Tropical Latin Performance)
1996 Destiny DE35 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT24 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH15 (17 weeks)
CH 		UK12
silver
silver

(9 weeks)UK 		US23
platinum
platinum

(40 weeks)US
First published: June 4, 1996
1998 Gloria! DE34 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH12 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK16 (4 weeks)
UK 		US23
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: May 30, 1998
VH1 Divas Live DE39 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH11 (14 weeks)
CH 		- US21 (20 weeks)
US
First published: October 1998
with Mariah Carey , Shania Twain , Carole King
Aretha Franklin , Céline Dion
2000 Alma Caribeña - Caribbean Soul DE18 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT50 (1 week)
AT 		CH9 (16 weeks)
CH 		UK44 (1 week)
UK 		US50
Quadruple Platinum (Latin) + Gold (Standard)
× 4
Quadruple Platinum (Latin) + Gold (Standard)
Quadruple Platinum (Latin) + Gold (Standard)

(9 weeks)US
First published: May 14, 2000
Grammy (Best Tropical Latin Performance)
2003 Unwrapped DE26 (11 weeks)
DE 		- CH2
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)CH 		- US39 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 22, 2003
2007 90 millas DE46 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH4 (10 weeks)
CH 		- US25 (7 weeks)
US
First published: September 17, 2007
2011 Miss Little Havana - - - - US28 (3 weeks)
US
First published: September 27, 2011
2013 The Standards - - - UK66 (1 week)
UK 		US20 (6 weeks)
US
First published: September 6, 2013
2020 Brazil305 - - CH47 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020CH 		- -
First published: August 13, 2020

Without Gloria Estefan

  • 2002: MSM: Miami Sound Machine

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE (Gloria Estefan) DE (Miami Sound Machine) AT (Gloria Estefan) AT (Miami Sound Machine) CH UK US (Gloria Estefan) US (Miami Sound Machine)

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