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El Chicano was an American brown-eyed soul group from Los Angeles, California, whose style incorporated various modern music genres including rock, funk, soul, blues, jazz, and salsa. [1] The group's name came from the word Chicano , a term for United States citizens of typically Mexican descent.
El Chicano also created the theme song for the television series Baretta, which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] After spending 12 years with El Chicano, Regalado formed his own Latin Jazz All-Star Band in 1983, which included a select group of musicians from Los Angeles.
Ersi Arvizu, (born September, 1948) is an American singer and composer who was famous in the 1960s as part of The Sisters, the first girl-group singing and recording Chicano rock music. Until 1970 she was the lead singer of El Chicano. She is notable for her contribution to Chicano music.
Rudy Salas (5 January 1949 – 29 December 2020) [1] [2] was a musician who was a member of the group El Chicano. He was also the co-founder of the L.A. Latin R&B band, Tierra. Along with his brother Steve, he was a major part of the Eastside sound from the mid 1960s.
After they disbanded, Albert continued to write and perform with the band's leader and vocalist, Ruben Guevara. [citation needed] In the following years, Albert was a member and co-leader of original keyboardist Bobby Espinosa's version of the Latin rock band El Chicano. They released several US regional singles in the early 1980s, such as ...
The band which was previously called Mickey & The Cavaliers, was led by Mike James Aversa aka Mickey. [11] [12] He left the band in the mid-1960s to join the VIPs, a Chicano band. [13] This group which was formed in 1965 by bass player Freddie Sanchez was a night club covers band. Espinosa was the first member brought into the band by Sanchez. [14]
Tierra is an American Latin R&B band, originally from Los Angeles, California, United States, that was first established in 1972 by former El Chicano members Rudy Salas and his brother Steve Salas (vocals). [1]
Santana, Malo, War, [3] El Chicano, Sapo and other Chicano 'Latin Rock' groups follow this approach with their fusions of R&B, Jazz, and Caribbean sounds. Later Chicano musicians who draw from rockabilly and country include Linda Ronstadt [4] and Los Lobos. These musicians also sometimes draw from traditions of Norteño music or Tejano music.