Las Chicas del Can

Infobox musical artist
Name = Las Chicas del Can


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Flagicon|Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Genre = Merengue
Years_active = 1982–1999
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Current_members = Miriam Cruz (1982-1992) Eunice Betances (1982-1992) Theresa Dominguez (1982-1992)
Past_members = Belkis Concepcion (1982-1985) Veronica Medina (1982-1986) Luchy Betances (1982-1992) Gladys Quero (1985-1992) Adalgisa Baez (1993-1998) Mitchell Flores (1993-1998) Florangel Del Villar (1993-1998)

Las Chicas Del Can is a famous and extremely successful all-female merengue group from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Originally created by Wilfrido Vargas, several teams of female vocalists and musicians have alternately performed under the name Las Chicas del Can throughout the group's history.

Originally founded in 1982, "Las Chicas del Can" performed hit after hit throughout the eighties, and a great number of their singles and albums achieved gold or platinum status. Hits such as El Negro No Puede, Sukaina, Juana la Cubana, Culeca, Ta'Pillao, Fuego, Fiebre, and Las Pequeñas Cosas are now considered "classics" of merengue music.

Lead singer Belkis Concepcion left the group early in its history to go solo in 1985. Singers Miriam Cruz (the uncrowned queen of the Merengue) and Eunice Betances then teamed up and got vocal support from, among others, Luchy Betances (younger sister of Eunice) and Veronica Medina. Medina herself then went solo in 1987.

In 1993, the group reinvented itself under the name "Miriam Cruz y Las Chicas." The first year under that name, they produced a successful album entitled "Nueva Vida" featuring a Juan Luis Guerra hit, which was written at Propongo. Later that year, "Loba" was also well received by merengue fans and quickly became another hit. A European tour soon followed. 1994 saw another hit with the song "Con Agua de Sal," and 1995 brought another successful European tour.

Meanwhile, the original namesake was kept alive by a music industry manager who discovered a group of new and talented young ladies who would carry the torch for "Las Chicas del Can" and leave their own indelible mark on merengue music. In 1993, Michell Flores, Adalgisa Baez and Florangel del Villar teamed up to keep the legacy alive. This stage was incredible, the new girls were hailed as the "Monumental", travelling around the world, taking up issues of the former as "Juana la Cubana" and introducing his protagonist as a young Costa Rican trumpeter Ana Retana, Item icon that band whatsoever at any stage, it is noteworthy that Michell Flores is a native of Guatemala, was a young country which promise fulfils becoming a figure at the international level They made a furor with the hit tunes "Voy Pa'lla, Hacer el Amor Con Otro, Celoso, Explosivo" and "Sin Compromiso." After the albums "Botando Chispas" (1994) and "Derramando Suenos" (1996) were made, Michell Flores went solo, and the second formation of "Las Chicas del Can" broke up in 1998.

"Las Chicas del Can" was eventually reformed a third time in 1999, but it was never able to achieve the success of earlier formations and fell apart that same year. To date, the first formation of "Las Chicas Del Can" (with front ladies Miriam Cruz, Eunice Betances and Theresa Dominguez) has proven the most successful of all.

Discography
* "Belkys y Las Chican" (1982, Karen Records)
* "Chican" (1985, Karen Records)
* "Pegando Fuego" (1986, Karen Records)
* "Mi General" (1987, Sonotone Records)
* "Caribe" (1988, Sonotone Records)
* "Sumbaleo" (1990, Sonotone/Bomba Records)
* "Juana La Cubana" (1990, Bomba Records)
* "Nada Comun" (1991, TH-Rodven Records/Sonotone Records)
* "Explosivo" (1992, TH-Rodven Records)
* "Platino" (1994, Rodven Records)
* "Botando Chispas" (1994)
* "Con Mucha Potencia" (1994)
* "Los Años Dorados" (1995, Karen Publishing Co.)
* "Oro Merenguero" (1996, Rodven/PolyGram Records)
* "Derramando Sueños" (1996, Rodven/PolyGram Records)
* "Las Chican" (1997, Palma Music, Inc.)
* "Nuevos Remixes" (1997)
* "Todo Exitos" (1998, Palma Music)
* "Te Quiero Ver" (1998, Pa'ti Pa'mi records)
* "Botando Chispa!" (1999, Palma Music)
* "Caribe" (1999, Palma Music)
* "17 Años" (2000, Palma Music)
* "Lo Mejor de: Las Chicas del Can (2002, Orfeon Videovox, S. A.)

External links

* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-254743-discography--Las-Chicas-Del-Can Las Chicas Del Can] at Yahoo! Music

* [http://miriamcruzylaschicas.come2me.nl Miriam Cruz Y Las Chicas (the original Las Chicas Del Can)]