Rodolfo Páez, popularly known as Fito Páez, is an Argentine popular rock and roll musician and filmmaker.
Norberto Aníbal Napolitano, popularly known as Pappo, was an Argentine rock musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. One of the most influential figures in Argentine music, he was a forerunner of Argentine rock, heavy metal and blues.
Miguel Angel Peralta, known by his artistic name Miguel Abuelo, was an Argentine rock musician and singer.
Ariel Eduardo Rotenberg Gutkin, better known as Ariel Rot, is an Argentine musician. He moved to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later, he began his solo musical career, after which he joined the group Los Rodríguez (1990–96). More recently, he has returned to solo performing. His sister, Cecilia Roth, is an actress. In April 2007, Ariel recorded Duos, trios y perversiones, an album that included his most popular songs and featured artists such as Enrique Bunbury from Heroes del Silencio, Andrés Calamaro, and Quique Gonzalez.
Soda Stereo was an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1982. The band's membership consisted of singer-guitarist Gustavo Cerati, bassist Zeta Bosio and drummer Charly Alberti. During their career, the band released seven studio albums before disbanding in 1997. Soda Stereo is the best-selling Argentine band of all time, having sold seven million records by 2007.
Fabián Andrés González Amado, known by his stage name Tweety González, is an Argentine musician and record producer. González is mostly known for being the touring keyboardist for Argentine rock band Soda Stereo and Argentine musician Fito Páez. Tweety is also a music producer and has worked with artists Shakira, Gustavo Cerati, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Superlitio, Famasloop and several others. Gustavo Cerati's 2006 Ahí vamos in which Tweety played keyboards won the Latin Grammy for Best Rock Solo Vocal Album.
Roberto Fidel Ernesto Sorokin Esparza, known professionally as Coti, is an Argentine singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for collaborations with other Spanish-language artists like Andrés Calamaro, Julieta Venegas, Natalia Oreiro and Luis Miguel in his last album. His 2005 release, Esta Mañana y Otros Cuentos went gold in both Argentina and Mexico, while going double platinum in Spain.
Los Rodríguez were a rock band composed of two Argentines, two Spaniards and one Puerto Rican that played during the 1990s.
"Une femme avec une femme" is a 1990 song by Spanish pop band Mecano. In late 1990, it was released as a single from the band's seventh album, released in 1988, Descanso dominical, on which it appears as the third track. It became a hit in France, hitting number one for seven weeks. Also in 1990, the song was notably covered by the pop duo formed by Argentine singers Sandra Mihanovich and Celeste Carballo as the title track of their studio album Mujer contra mujer, which is regarded as a landmark by the country's lesbian community. In 2003, the song was covered by Saya, becoming a top-10 hit in France.
Daniel Melingo is an Argentine musician, with a background in rock. He is now a tango artist and tours with his band Los Ramones del tango.
Los Abuelos de la Nada were an Argentine rock band formed in Buenos Aires in 1967. The group underwent several incarnations throughout its history, with all of them led by its founder and frontman, singer-songwriter Miguel Abuelo. The group produced numerous hit singles in the 1980s as "Sin Gamulán", "Costumbres argentinas", "Mil horas", "Himno de mi corazón", "Lunes por la madrugada" and "No te enamores nunca de aquel marinero bengalí".
Gerardo Horacio López von Linden, known professionally as Cachorro López, is an Argentine record producer, musician and songwriter. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he enrolled in various musical ensembles, including Zas and Los Abuelos de la Nada. López has worked with several artists producing their albums, including Caifanes, Stephanie Salas, Andrés Calamaro, Paulina Rubio, Diego Torres and Miranda!. López also was the executive producer of the tribute album for the English band Queen in 1997. His work has been recognized with two Latin Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year in 2006 and 2009, out of four consecutive nominations, and a Grammy Award for producing Limón y Sal by Julieta Venegas.
The Premios Gardel a la Música, or just Premios Gardel, is an award presented by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) to recognize the best of Argentine music and to award the talent of Argentine artists in a diversity of genres and categories. The trophy depicts a sculpture of French Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel, one of Argentina's music icons. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of awards that have more popular interest.
Vasos y besos is the second studio album of Argentine rock group Los Abuelos de la Nada. It was released in 1983. Among the songs that stand out are the hits No se desesperen and "Mil horas" ; the latter is considered by some to be emblematic of Argentine rock.
"Costumbres argentinas" is a song by Argentine band Los Abuelos de la Nada. It was written by Andrés Calamaro and is included on the live album Los Abuelos en el Ópera, released in 1985. It was recorded during three sessions between June 14 and 16, 1985. The song was released as a single that same year and has since been ranked at No. 59 in the 100 great songs from the 80s in Spanish, according to VH1 Latin America, and No. 14 in the 100 top songs of the Argentine rock.
"Mil horas" is a song by Argentine band Los Abuelos de la Nada, included in the second album Vasos y besos, published in 1983. Composed by keyboardist and singer Andrés Calamaro, the song became one of the band's biggest successes. It holds 5th place on the top 100 best songs of the 80s in Spanish list according to VH1 Latin America, and the 14th place on the top 100 hits of Argentine rock by Rolling Stone.
"Mi enfermedad" is a song written by Argentine singer-songwriter Andres Calamaro, originally recorded and released as a single separately by the Argentine rock singer Fabiana Cantilo 1991 and Calamaro's Spanish-Argentine band Los Rodríguez. The song was a favourite of Diego Maradona, who was facing drug-related problems back then. Reportedly journalists asked him if it was dedicated to him. In 2019 Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán released a version of the song as a single.
Mujer contra mujer is the second and final studio album by the pop duo formed by Argentine singers Sandra Mihanovich and Celeste Carballo, released by RCA Records and Sony BMG in October 1990. Mihanovich and Carballo had already developed successful solo careers before joining as a duo. After collaborating on a successful show in the summer of 1987, they decided to record together and released their first studio album as a duo, Somos mucho más que dos, in 1988. Around this time, Mihanovich and Carballo became romantically involved, although not publicly. Their songs included subtle references to lesbian love, and the nature of their relationship caused much speculation in the media. Before forming the duo, Mihanovich already had two popular gay anthems in her repertoire: her 1981 breakthrough single "Puerto Pollensa", and "Soy lo que soy", her 1984 Spanish-language cover of "I Am What I Am".
Cargar la Suerte is the fifteenth studio album by Argentine musician Andrés Calamaro, released on November 2, 2018, through Universal Music Spain. It was produced by Gustavo Borner and features collaborations from Germán Wiedemayer and Daniel Melingo.
Gustavo Borner is an Argentine producer, engineer and mixer. He has worked with several artists both from Argentina like Fito Páez, Andrés Calamaro and León Gieco as well as from other countries of Latin America like Juanes, Ricky Martin and Pepe Aguilar, among others, he has also worked in several film and videogame scores such as Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Deadpool 2. For his work, Borner has received six Grammy Awards, fourteen Latin Grammy Awards and a Cinema Audio Society Award.
