- Café Quijano
Infobox musical artist
Name = Café Quiajno
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =León ,Spain
Genre =Latin
Years_active =1998 —2007
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URL = [http://www.www.cafequijano.com www.cafequijano.com]
Current_members =Manuel Quijano Óscar Quijano Raúl Quijano
Past_members =Café Quijano is a Spanish pop band formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl Quijano, all of whom are singers. The brothers are originally from León, along with their father, who ran a musical pub called "la Lola" in the city center, which gave name to one of their most well-known songs. Apart from publishing four successful albums, they presented galas, collaborated with Disney for soundtracks and worked on a project with
Castilla y León 's image to promote tourism to the region.Throughout its history the band has collaborated with artists such as the outstanding Cuban musician
Pancho Amat on their debut album.Olga Tañon sings with them in "La Taberna del Buda", and on their last production they sang withJoaquín Sabina andCeline Dion .In April 2007,
Manuel Quijano , the lead singer, announced his first solo CD ("Vidas y Venidas "), and confirmed that, after the promotion of "¡Qué grande es esto del amor!", the group was to split up.Discography
* Café Quijano (
1998 )
# "Loco de amor"
# "Ante todo"
# "Tu ritmo loco"
# "Poesía de amor"
# "La duda eterna"
# "La vecinita"
# "Discúlpame"
# "Envidia"
# "Pensando en ti"
# "Porque me miras"* La extraordinaria paradoja del Sonido Quijano (
1999 )
# "La Lola"
# "Sangre negra"
# "Hablando a un cristal"
# "El perdido"
# "Morenita"
# "Falsas promesas"
# "Vete de mí"
# "Los locos"
# "Lágrimas de miel"
# "En algún rincón"* La Taberna del Buda(
2001 )* ¡Qué Grande Es Esto Del Amor! (
2003 )
# "Tequila"
# "Cerrando bares"
# "El arte del teatro"
# "La duquesa"
# "¡Qué grande es esto del amor!"
# "¿Por qué me miente?"
# "Todo es mentira"
# "El loco triste"
# "Dame de esa boca"
# "Nadie lo entiende" (chorus feat.Celine Dion )
# "No tienes corazón" (feat.Joaquín Sabina )
# "Sirvame una copita" (feat.Joaquín Sabina )Trivia
*Café Quijano wrote the lyrics for and sang in
Disney 's Spanish-dubbed version of "Lilo & Stitch ", providing the main song called "Ardiente Amor" ("Burning Love ").
*In 2004 Café Quijano composed the Spanish National Football Team's song for that year'sEurocup , called "Sírvame una Copita" "(Pour me a drink)". The Spanish meaning of "Sírvame una Copita" for Eurocup is "Serve (bring) me a cup" (the winning cup of Eurocup).
*They were among the artists selected byArmando Manzanero to make his record "Duetos" "(Duets)", in which they sing "Esperaré" ("I'll Wait").External links
* [http://www.cafequijano.com Official Site] es
* [http://www.myspace.com/cafequijano Café Quijano's MySpace page]
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