Chico Bouchikhi

Jahloul "Chico" Bouchikhi (born 1954 in Arles) is a musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings.

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Personal

Bouchikhi was born in Arles to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.[1] He is married to the daughter of José Reyes, member of the The Gipsy Kings. His brother, Ahmed Bouchiki, was gunned down in by Mossad agents in the Norwegian town of Lillehammer in July 1973 in the so-called Lillehammer affair. Bouchikhi had been mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh.[2]

Career

He later left the Gipsy Kings and founded Chico and the Gypsies.[3]

He is also UNESCO's special envoy for peace,[4] and has held a major concert in Israel with his band, despite the assassination of his brother by the Mossad. He has also played before Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords peace negotiations.[2]

Discography

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b "Chico Bouchikhi, le king des gypsies". Maroc-hebdo.press.ma. http://www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma/MHinternet/Archives_692/html_692/chico.html. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  3. ^ "CHICO and The GYPSIES". esbb Agency. http://www.esbb.net/nuages-productions/site/menu-exe.php?found=cgen. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 
  4. ^ "UNESCO Celebrity Advocates congratulate the Director-General on his re-election". http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30585&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 

External links

Gipsy Kings
Nicolas Reyes • Paul Reyes • Canut Reyes • Patchai Reyes • Andre Reyes • Diego Baliardo • Paco Baliardo  • Tonino Baliardo
Chico Bouchikhi • Jorge Trasante
Albums
1980s Studio Albums
Allegria (1982)  • Luna de Fuego (1983)  • Gipsy Kings (1988)  • Mosaïque (1989)
1990s Studio Albums
Este Mundo (1991)  • Live (1992)  • Love and Liberté (1993)  • Greatest Hits (1994)  • The Best of the Gipsy Kings (1995)  • Estrellas (US Version of Tierra Gitana) (1995)  • Tierra Gitana (1996)  • Compas (1997)  • Cantos de Amor (1998)
2000s Studio Albums
¡Volaré! The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings (1999, re-released in 2000)  • Somos Gitanos (2001)  • Roots (2004)  • Pasajero (2006)
Hit Songs
"Djobi Djoba"  • "Bamboleo" (Originally by Simón Díaz)  • "Volare" (Spanish Version)  • "You've Got a Friend in Me" (Spanish Version)  • "Un Amor"  • "Tu Quieres Volver"
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