Los Canarios were a Spanish pop rock (prog rock later) band from Canary Islands founded by Eduardo "Teddy" Bautista in 1964.Domínguez, Salvador (2002): Bienvenido Mr. Rock ... Los primeros grupos hispanos 1957-1975, Fundación Autor, SGAE,
Career The band started off in Las Palmas as Canaries performing soul music and rhythm & blues with lyrics in English.Bio on allmusic.com by Craig Harris Their first album Flying High with The Canaries (1967) was only released in the US, receiving a belated edition in Spain, in 1985.Album page on Discogs
The singles "Get on Your Knees" and "Free Yourself" became hits in Spain, as a second LP entitled Libérate! was released in 1970, but they had to disband momentarily when Bautista entered the military service. "Get on Your Knees", specifically, reached triple gold status.Billboard OCTOBER 19, 1968, ... Bautista, lead singer with Los Canarios — a group from the Canary Islands — wrote the song "Get On Your Knees," which has just been ...Billboard "in 1968, we had a European hit called "Get On Your Knees" that went triple-gold"
Through the first half of the 70s the style of the band became closer to prog rock, as Bautista increasingly experimented with synthesizers and electronic music. All this came to fruition by means of Ciclos (1974), a double album that came like a symphonic rock adaptation of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons".Album review on allmusic.com
The group disbanded in 1974.
Discography Flying High with The Canaries (1970; recorded earlier, probably in 1964, and sometimes incorrectly dated 1967) Libérate! (1970) Canarios vivos!!!! (1972) Ciclos (1974)
Members Teddy Bautista Ramón Izquierdo Germán Pérez Graham Bircumshaw Álvaro Yébenes Ricky Morales "Tato" Luzardo "Nano" Muñoz Alfredo Mahiques Vicente Mahiques
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