| Los Twisters | |
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Luis Dimas before a concert, in Santa Cruz, Chile, 2007. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Santiago, Chile |
| Genres | rock and roll |
| Years active | 1961 - 1966 |
| Past members | |
| Luis Dimas Fernando Allende Jorge Toscano Franz Benko Jorge Pedreros |
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Los Twisters (English: The Twisters) was a Chilean Rock'n'Roll band, formed in 1961.
Los Twisters was one of the first South American bands which recorded twist songs. The band was originated in early 1960s after Los Lyons broke-up.[1] The band was highly influenciated by Bill Haley, Chubby Checker and Elvis Presley.[2]
From their beginnings, the band had Luis Dimas as lead vocal and they had their first successful singles: Penas juveniles, Caprichitos, Me recordarás, Sueña and Mi secreto. In 1963 was selected as the most popular band in Chile;[3] but it didn't continued so much, because the next year Cecilia weed it to them, inducing the band to emigrate to Argentina.[3] In Argentina the band was quite successful, and Luis Dimas became so popular, and they wanted to dissolve in 1966.[1] After they broke, the band lost popularity until they released they unique album, El show de Los Twisters.[1]