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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 (Spanish pronunciation: [moθeˈðaðes]) is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres tú". Since June 2014, Mocedades has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uranga as its leader and the other with Javier Garay .
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.
In a back-to-back victory, Luxembourg won the contest again with the song "Tu te reconnaîtras" by Anne-Marie David. 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 ...
Spain's "Eres tú" performed by Mocedades and UK's "Power to All Our Friends" by Cliff Richard, would go on to become major hit singles in 1973 –in the case of "Eres tú" worldwide– and are today both widely considered Eurovision classics. "Tu te reconnaîtras" is the only winning entry of Luxembourg with some level of local involvement.