Los Horoscopos de Durango

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Los Horoscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.

This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas 31 years ago in Chicago during 1975.[1] As of 2006, it is led by Vicky and Marisol Terrazas, backed by Leo Terrazas (vocals and sax), Braulio Muro (vocals and sax), Oscar Ponce (tamboron, keyboards), Ismael Hernandez (vocals and tamboron), Noel Garcia (keyboard and accordion) and Sergio Flores (drums). This group has performed with success throughout Mexico and the United States.

Some of their achievements are: winners of three Billboard Music Awards in 2005 for Regional Mexican Album of the Year, Most air-played song in the "Regional Mexican genre" and Regional Mexican Song of the Year and winners of two Billboard Awards in 2006 for Regional Mexican Album of the Year and Regional Mexican Song of the Year. Los Horoscopos de Durango were nominated for the Album of the Year 2005 and were nominated Album of the Year 2004 by the Latin Grammy Awards. They also were nominated in three categories for Premios Que Buena in 2004.


[edit] Trivia

One of the group's songs, "Antes muerta que Sencilla", was used by Spanish singer Maria Isabel, as her entry into the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Maria Isabel won the contest.


[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] From Los Horoscopos de Durango's Biography on Yahoo!Music (retrieved December 12, 2006.


[edit] External Links

Los Horoscopos de Durango's official website, http://www.loshoroscoposdedurango.com/biografia.htm