CHICO and the Gypsies

   
Artist: CHICO and the Gypsies

   Genre(s): 
Latin
   

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Discography:


   
 VAGABUNDO

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 9

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Gipsy Kings introduction member Jahloul "Leonard Marx" Bouchikhi formed Chico And The Gypsies after falling verboten with Gipsy Kings manager, Claude Martinez, in 1991. The group quickly attracted attention, merchandising more than than iI c chiliad copies of their debut record album, Vagabundo. The boy of North African immigrants, Bouchikhi was 12 years honest-to-goodness when he met the children of influential Gypsy vocalist, Jose Reyes. Spending to the highest degree of his time at Reyes's campground, he taught himself to play guitar at the eld of 17. He ingrained himself into the Reyes crime syndicate level further afterward marrying Reyes's girl, Marthe. Before Reyes's death, he named Bouchikhi as his replacement as leader of the family's stripe. Originally named Los Reyes, the grouping performed every summer on the beaches of Saint Tropez. Renamed the Gipsy Kings in 1983, they continued to work up a very loyal fan base. Commercial success, however, continued to be allusive. In 1986, the Reyes brothers temporarily left wing music. Biuchikhi remained the only banding member to live in a Gypsy wagon train, under the Arles Bridge. In 1988, he helped to organise a Gypsy Arts Festival. Returning to medicine in 1989, Bouchikhi and the Gypsy King successfully reached out to the outside market, releasing eight-spot top-selling albums between 1988 and 1991. Leaving the Gipsy Kings in 1991, Bouchikhi formed Chico And The Gypsies with musicians from Arles and Montpelier. He continues to attend as a special envoy for heartsease for UNESCO.