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Baccara was a Spanish female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). [1] The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female duo, eventually selling ...
"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 song by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara, released as the first single from their debut album Baccara. Written by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja [], and produced by Soja, the song was a hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top of the UK Singles Chart in October 1977.
I Belong to Your Heart is a studio album by Baccara, featuring María Mendiola and Cristina Sevilla. [1] The album was released by Team 33 Music on 5 May 2017, in digital format, followed by a physical release on May 26. [1] This album's launch coincided with the 40th anniversary of the original formation of Baccara. [2]
This style of music evolved from the ancient and the medieval Greek era and is still played today. [3] [4] The lyrics of Greek folk music are largely based on Demotic (folk) poetry (usually by anonymous lyricists) and consist of popular themes such as love, marriage, humor, death, nature, water, sea, and religion. [5]
New Baccara" released three dance-singles, that brought the duo back to the charts. [28] [29] [30] Together with Pérez and during the 25 years they worked together, [31] Mendiola released several albums: F.U.N [32] (1990), Made in Spain [33] (1999), Face to Face [34] (2000), Greatest Hits [35] for Universal in 2002 and Singles Collection [36 ...
Akrítas óndes élamnen, translated by Thede Kahl. Birds, including the eagle, were a common motif in Pontian folklore, and Greek folklore at large. One song, Aitén'ts eperipétanen ("An eagle flew high"), speaks of an eagle carrying the arm of an unknown soldier in its claws. The fallen soldier himself lies dead on the mountainside. The song is highly allegorical. Many Acritic songs from ...
The range is approximately what is now depicted on a modern music staff and is given in the graphic below, left. Note that Greek theorists described scales as descending from higher pitch to lower, which is the opposite of modern practice and caused considerable confusion among Renaissance interpreters of ancient musicological texts.
The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history.Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music.These compositions have existed for millennia: they originated in the Byzantine period and Greek antiquity; there is a continuous development which appears in the language, the rhythm, the structure and the melody. [1]