Chico & the Gypsies

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Chico & the Gypsies
2018 Lieder am See - The Original Gypsies - Chico Bouchikhi - by 2eight - DSC1292.jpg
Chico Bouchikhi performing in 2018
Background information
Origin Arles, France
Genres
Years active1992–present
Spinoff of Gipsy Kings
Members
  • Chico Bouchikhi
  • Christophe Baliardo
  • Jean Farre
  • Jean-Claude Vila
  • Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo
Past members
  • Joseph Gautier
  • Alain Bourguet
Website chico.fr

Chico & the Gypsies is a French Gitano band that plays Catalan rumba, flamenco, Latin pop, and Latin rock. It is led by Chico Bouchikhi, one of the founders of the Gipsy Kings. A year after leaving that band, in 1991, he formed the Gypsies in his hometown of Arles.

Contents

Band members

Current

Past

Trivia

Guitarist Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo appeared in the title role of François Truffaut's 1970 film The Wild Child . [1]

Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbumChartsCertification
FR
[2] 		BEL
(Wa)
[3]
1992Tengo Tengo––
1996Vagabundo39–
1998Nomade––
2003Bamboleo––
2004Disque d'or––
2005Freedom12–
2008Suerte43–
2011Chantent Charles Aznavour78–
2012Chico & The Gypsies... & Friends820
2013Fiesta1134
2014Chico & The Gypsies & International Friends60103
2016Color 80's954
Color 80's Vol. 247
[4] 		33
2018Mi corazón426
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

YearAlbumChartsCertification
FR
[2]
1992Live – Olympia Bruno Coquatrix96
2012Live à l'Olympia

Singles

YearSingleChartsCertificationAlbum
FR
[2]
1996"Marina"30
1998"Nomade 'Ya Rayah'"65
Nomade

See also

References

  1. 1 2 ""L'Enfant sauvage" a grandi parmi les rois de la guitare gitane" ["The Wild Child" grew up among the kings of the gypsy guitar]. midilibre.fr (in French). 7 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 LesCharts.com: Chico & the Gypsies discography page
  3. ↑ Ultratop.be/fr/ Chico & the Gypsies discography page
  4. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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