Café Quijano
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Café Quijano is a Spanish pop music band.
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[edit] General Data
The band was formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl, all of whom are singers. Originally from León, the brothers, along with their father, operated a musical pub called "la Lola" in the city center, the name of which was given to one of their most well known songs. Apart from publishing four successful CD's, they presented galas, collaborated with Disney for soundtracks and worked on a project with 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 great is this love thing!) (2003) | | |
[edit] Collaborators
Outstanding Cuban musician Pancho Amat collaborated with them on 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] The band dissolves
In April 2007, Manuel Quijano, the leader of the band, announced his first CD in solitary (Vidas y Venidas), and affirmed that, after the promotion of ¡Qué grande es esto del amor!, the group was dissolving.
[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").
