Influenced by The Doors, Bob Dylan and David Bowie, she played in several French bands until she went back to Madrid in 1984, during La Movida Madrileña. She met Carlos Torero and more musicians and they founded the group La llave, which won VIII trofeo rock Villa de Madrid in 1985 and was a support band of The Cure.
She later began a solo career during which she has met Yoko Ono and Nacho Cano, who composed the famous song "Vivimos siempre juntos" ("We Always Lived Together"), which was a No.1 hit in Spain in 1996. In the early 1990s, she lived in New York and went back to Madrid in 1993. She has participated in several artistic events, like a tribute to John Lennon and a concert for the victims of 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings.
Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time. The band is still the best-selling Spanish band, with over 20 million records worldwide. They were considered by some to be avant-garde for their time and part of la Movida Madrileña countercultural movement. They had a brief comeback in 1998.
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing. Today he is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature, and is considered by some as the most read writer after Miguel de Cervantes. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the romanticism and post-romanticism movements and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain. He was moderately well known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published. His best known works are the Rhymes and the Legends, usually published together as Rimas y leyendas. These poems and tales are essential to the study of Spanish literature and common reading for high-school students in Spanish-speaking countries.
Kevin Johansen is a US-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work.
Jorge Abner Drexler Prada is a Uruguayan musician, actor and doctor specializing in otolaryngology.
Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.
Paloma Cecilia San Basilio Martínez, known as Paloma San Basilio, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and actress. She was awarded with a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Latin music. She has sold over 16 million records throughout her career, with styles that range from melodic songs to pop. She often appeared in various musicals such as the Spanish-language premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita in Madrid. Some other musical theater works include Man of La Mancha, My Fair Lady, Victor/Victoria, and Sunset Boulevard.
Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina is a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and poet. His songs usually treat about love, heartbreaks and society with a large usage of literary figures similarly to the baroque-literature style.
Camila Bordonaba Roldán is an Argentine actress, singer and theater director. She is known for her performances in the series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way, Floricienta, El Patrón de la Vereda, Atracción x4 en Dream Beach and for having been part of the pop-rock band Erreway along with Felipe Colombo, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato.
Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre is an Argentine actress, model and former singer. She was a member of the pop-rock band Erreway from 2002 to 2004.
WarCry is a Spanish power metal band led by founder, singer, and songwriter Víctor García. Formed in 2001 when García and drummer Alberto Ardines were ejected from Avalanch, the band has since released seven studio albums and two live albums, with an eighth studio album currently in progress. WarCry has had a fluctuating lineup with García as the sole constant member. The band has been acclaimed as one of Spain's most famous heavy metal acts and has won numerous awards in both Spain and Latin America.
Saratoga is a Spanish heavy metal band established in Madrid in 1992 by bassist Niko del Hierro and guitarist Jero Ramiro. Since March 2023, the band's lineup has consisted of del Hierro, Ramiro, Tete Novoa (vocals), and Arnau Martí (drums). The band experienced their biggest success during the tenure of vocalist Leo Jiménez (1999–2006). Since 2014, with the arrival of Novoa, they have seen a resurgence in popularity. Saratoga has released fourteen studio albums, five live records, and four compilations, as well as numerous singles.
Cristina Sánchez Ruiz, better known as Cristie, is a Spanish R&B, Pop and flamenco singer.
Miguel Ríos Campaña is a Spanish singer and composer. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain.
Lydia Rodríguez Fernández, better known as Lydia, is a Spanish pop singer.
María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz was a Spanish film and television actress. In 1996, she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead. She was the mother of Carlos, Mónica, and Javier Bardem.
Marta Rivera de la Cruz is a Spanish writer and politician from the Peoples Party. She was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid.
Carmen Conde Abellán was a Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher. In 1931 she founded the first Popular University of Cartagena, along with her husband Antonio Oliver Belmás. She was also the first woman to become an academic numerary of the Real Academia Española, where she delivered her induction speech in 1979.
Mercè Comaposada i Guillén was a Catalan pedagogue, lawyer, and anarcho-feminist. With Lucía Sánchez Saornil and Amparo Poch y Gascón, she was the co-founder of the libertarian women's organization, Mujeres Libres.
Los Secretos are a Spanish rock band founded in Madrid in 1978 and often associated with the movida madrileña movement.
Cristina García Ramos is a Spanish journalist.
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