Chico Bouchikhi
Chico Bouchikhi- July 2012 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Jalloul "Chico" Bouchikhi (born 1954 in Arles) is a musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings. He later left the Gipsy Kings and founded Chico & the Gypsies.[1]
Bouchikhi was born in Arles to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.[2] He is married to the daughter of José Reyes. His brother, Ahmed Bouchiki, was gunned down 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.[3]
He is also UNESCO's special envoy for peace,[4] and has held a major concert in Israel with his band. He has also played before Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords peace negotiations.[3]
Discography
As part of the Gipsy Kings
- 1982: Allegria
- 1983: Luna de Fuego
- 1988: Gipsy Kings
- 1989: Mosaïque
As part of Chico & the Gypsies
Refer to discography section of Chico & the Gypsies
See also
References
- ↑ "CHICO and The GYPSIES". esbb Agency. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ Chico Bouchikhi website
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chico Bouchikhi, le king des gypsies". Maroc-hebdo.press.ma. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ↑ "UNESCO Celebrity Advocates congratulate the Director-General on his re-election". Retrieved 2010-08-30.
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