Café Quijano

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¡Qué Grande Es Esto Del Amor! Album cover
¡Qué Grande Es Esto Del Amor! Album cover

Café Quijano is a Spanish pop music band.

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[edit] General Data

It is formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl, all of them singers. They live in León and, along with their father, they run in the center of the city a musical pub called "la Lola", name which was given to one of their most famous songs. Apart from publishing four very successful CD's, they have presented galas, collaborated with Disney for soundtracks and even been Castilla y León's image to promote tourism to the region.

[edit] Discography


Café Quijano discography
Café Quijano (Quijano Coffee) (1998) | La extraordinaria paradoja del Sonido Quijano (The extraordinary paradox of Quijano Sound) (1999) | La taberna del Buda (The Buddha's tavern) (2001) | ¡Qué grande es esto del amor! (How big's this love thing!) (2003) |

[edit] Collaborators

Outstanding Cuban musician Pancho Amat collaborated in their first disc, Olga Tañon sings with them in "La Taberna del Buda" and in their last production they sing with Joaquín Sabina and Celine Dion.

[edit] Trivia

  • Café Quijano wrote the lyrics for and sang Disney's Lilo & Stitch main song for the Spanish doubling, called "Ardiente Amor" ("Burning Love").
  • In 2004 they composed Spanish National Football Team song for that year's Eurocup, called "Sírvame una Copita" (Pour me a drink).
  • They were among the artists selected by Armando Manzanero to make his record "Duetos" (Duets), in which they sing "Esperaré" ("I'll Wait").
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