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With "Eres tú", Mocedades is one of the five musical acts from Spain to have scored a top ten hit in the United States, [a] and the only to have a top ten hit sung entirely in Spanish. [b] The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. [8] In 2015, "Eres tú" ranked #47 on Billboard's 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time. [9]
Mocedades chose Eres tu over this song to compete in Eurovision.) 1973 4 covers of the song Eres tu done in German: Das Bist Du, French: C'est pour toi, English: Touch the Wind and Italian: Viva noi. The same melody and orchestration was used for each cover but the translations of the lyrics were quite different from the original Eres tu.
Uranga formed Mocedades in 1969 with eight members. After numerous group changes, Uranga together with her sister Izaskun, her brother Roberto, and three other male members became the so-called "historic six" members of Mocedades who came second in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Eres Tú", and the band subsequently launched a hugely successful music career in Spain and Latin ...
Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Eres tú", written by Juan Carlos Calderón, and performed by the vocal group Mocedades.The Spanish participating broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), selected internally both the song and the performer.
"L'amour est bleu" (French pronunciation: [lamuʁ ɛ blø]; "Love Is Blue") is a song recorded by Greek singer Vicky Leandros with music composed by André Popp and French lyrics written by Pierre Cour. It represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 held in Vienna, placing fourth.
Calderon was internationally best known for writing Mocedades' 1973 entry "Eres tú", a song that finished second in the contest and went on to become a worldwide hit. [2] He also has composed Sergio y Estíbaliz's 1975 entry "Tú volverás" and Nina's 1989 entry "Nacida para amar". The song is a melancholy ballad about a finished relationship.
The voting was a very close one, with Spain with "Eres tú" by Mocedades finishing only 4 points behind and the United Kingdom with "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard (who had come second in 1968 just behind Spain) another 2 points further back. The winning song scored the highest score ever achieved in Eurovision under any voting ...
Sergio and Estíbaliz were a Spanish vocal duo, formed by Sergio Blanco Rivas (17 November 1948 – 15 February 2015) and Estíbaliz Uranga Amézaga (born 9 December 1952) who also worked with groups Mocedades and El Consorcio. They were also known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. Both were born in Bilbao.