El Chicano

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Viva Tirado 04:53 Tools
Tell Her She's Lovely 03:04 Tools
Sabor A Mi 03:19 Tools
Senor Blues 04:00 Tools
El Cayuco 03:08 Tools
Cantaloupe Island 00:00 Tools
The Latin One 00:00 Tools
Spanish Grease 02:40 Tools
Quiet Village 00:00 Tools
Eleanor Rigby 00:00 Tools
Juntos 03:51 Tools
What's Going On 06:27 Tools
Tell Her She's Lovely - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Ahora Si 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me down (If I'm Brown) 03:43 Tools
Brown-Eyed Girl 00:00 Tools
The Look of Love 00:00 Tools
Mas Zacate 00:00 Tools
Viva La Raza 04:41 Tools
Brown Eyed Girl 00:00 Tools
Coming Home Baby 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Hurt So Bad 00:00 Tools
I'm A Good Woman 04:38 Tools
Ron Con Con 00:00 Tools
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 00:00 Tools
What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You 00:00 Tools
Chicano Chant 05:30 Tools
Viva Tirado-Part1 04:45 Tools
Cubano Chant 05:30 Tools
Cha Chita 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (1970 Version) 00:00 Tools
(Se Fue Mi) Cha Chita - Single Version 00:00 Tools
El Grito 00:00 Tools
Brown-Eyed Girl - Single Version 00:00 Tools
Gringo En Mexico 00:00 Tools
Señor Blues 00:00 Tools
Chicano Rap-Slow Jamms 00:00 Tools
(Se Fue Mi) Cha Chita 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Light My Fire 00:00 Tools
Sunday Kind Of Mood 00:00 Tools
Together 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - Part 1 00:00 Tools
Pyramid (Of Love And Friends) 00:00 Tools
Cosa Mia 00:00 Tools
Cubano Chant - Instrumental Album Version 00:00 Tools
Keep On Moving 02:51 Tools
One More Night 00:00 Tools
Chachita 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado-Part 1 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (Kid Frost - La Raza) 00:00 Tools
Para Ti 00:00 Tools
I Feel Free 04:22 Tools
Make It All Go 04:12 Tools
Ron-Con-Con II 00:00 Tools
Painting The Moment 00:00 Tools
We've Only Just Begun 00:00 Tools
sugar sugar 05:17 Tools
Viva Tirado Otra Vez 00:00 Tools
Senior Blues 00:00 Tools
Para Ti (Tokyo) 00:00 Tools
Sometimes I feel 00:00 Tools
Satisfy Me Woman 05:42 Tools
Un-Mundo 00:00 Tools
Song For My Father 00:00 Tools
Jive Samba 00:00 Tools
Enchanted Forest 00:00 Tools
Inolvidable (Unforgettable) 00:00 Tools
One More Night (Audi) 00:00 Tools
Zaire 00:00 Tools
Gringo En Mexico - Single Version 00:00 Tools
(Se Fue Mi) Chachita 00:00 Tools
Colores 00:00 Tools
In a Silent Way 02:36 Tools
Cantalope Island 00:00 Tools
What You Dont Know 00:00 Tools
Sketches (Of A Culture Bridge) 00:00 Tools
Carolina, No 00:00 Tools
Ron Con-Con 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (1972 Version) 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (Sampled by Kid Frost) 00:00 Tools
Desert Waltz 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado [Sampled By Kid Frost] 00:00 Tools
Mihijita 00:00 Tools
Do You Want Me 00:00 Tools
Little Sunflower 00:00 Tools
Cinco De Mayo 00:00 Tools
Que Sera 00:00 Tools
sweet sensation 00:00 Tools
Más zacate 00:00 Tools
You've Been Wrong So Long 00:00 Tools
Cubano Chant (Instrumental Album Version) 00:00 Tools
dancing mama 00:00 Tools
El Chicano-Do You Want Me 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado, Part 1 00:00 Tools
Children 00:00 Tools
Just Cruisin' 00:00 Tools
Pyramid 00:00 Tools
Just crusin..low 00:00 Tools
Gusanito 00:00 Tools
Sabor A Mí 00:00 Tools
La Raza II 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - 1970 Version 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me Down Cause I'm Brown 00:00 Tools
What you don't know won't hur 00:00 Tools
Just Crusin 00:00 Tools
Gringo In Mexico 00:00 Tools
Sketches (Of A Cultural Bridge) 00:00 Tools
latin oldies-Malo - Suavesito 00:00 Tools
Mello Hi 00:00 Tools
Primavera 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado Pt 1 00:00 Tools
Ron-Con-Con 11 00:00 Tools
El Ojo Rojo (The Red Eye) 00:00 Tools
Canteloupe Island 00:00 Tools
Make You All Mine 00:00 Tools
LADO 1- Tell Her She's Lovely 00:00 Tools
Canteloupe Island - Live 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado Part 1 00:00 Tools
Tell Her Shes Lovely 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Sitting in tha park 00:00 Tools
Just Crusin' 00:00 Tools
(Se Fue Mi) Cha Chita (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me Down 00:00 Tools
VIVA TIRADO - PART.1 00:00 Tools
Brown-Eyed Girl (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Sitting In The Park 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - 0:00 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - 1972 Version 00:00 Tools
Tell Her She's Lovely (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me Down ( If I'm Brown ) 00:00 Tools
Baretta's Theme 00:00 Tools
Do You Want Me (Extended Dance Mix) 00:00 Tools
LADO 2- Enchanted Forest 00:00 Tools
Comin' Home Baby 00:00 Tools
I Want You To Know 00:00 Tools
Bringing Me Home 00:00 Tools
You Can Have The Best Of Everything 00:00 Tools
Follow The Apollo 00:00 Tools
Might As Well 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (La Raza - Kid Frost) 00:00 Tools
Ahora sí 00:00 Tools
Cubano Chant - Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Can't Get It Out Without You (Babe) 00:00 Tools
Viva Turado Part I 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me Down if I'm Brown 00:00 Tools
Lake Aquabi 00:00 Tools
I Love You Anyway 00:00 Tools
Put On A Show 00:00 Tools
La Cucuracha 00:00 Tools
Make You All My Own 00:00 Tools
What You Don't Know 00:00 Tools
Suavecito 00:00 Tools
El Chicano - Viva Tirado 00:00 Tools
Love The One You're With 00:00 Tools
What you don't know wont hurt you 00:00 Tools
El Ojo Rojo (The Red Eye) - Live 00:00 Tools
Tell Her She’s Lovely 00:00 Tools
Michael's Theme 00:00 Tools
Latin One 00:00 Tools
(Se Fue Mi) Chachita - El Chicano 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado (Instr) 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - Part I 00:00 Tools
Let Me Dance With You 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado Part I 00:00 Tools
Eyed Girl 00:00 Tools
Viva Trida Otra Vez 00:00 Tools
Don't Put Me Down 'Cause I'm Brown 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado - Live 00:00 Tools
Do you want me (Ext. Dance Mix) 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado Pt.2 00:00 Tools
Brown-Eyed Girl [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
What’s Going On 00:00 Tools
When You Got A Heartache 00:00 Tools
Ill Boogs / Gypsy Rock 00:00 Tools
Viva Tirado, Pt. 1 [Stereo][Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
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An East L.A Mexican-American band who started out on the circuit as the V.I.P.’s in the late 60s, El Chicano signed to Kapp Records and had a Billboard top 40 instrumental hit in 1970 with a Latin Rock reworking of Gerald Wilson’s Viva Tirado. While they've had numerous lineup changes through the decades, the initial band members in their early 70's heyday included the late Bobby Espinosa (keyboards/vocals), Mickey Lespron (guitar/vocals), Freddie Sanchez (bass/vocals), and Andre Baeza and John De Luna (percussion). After the Viva Tirado LP, El Chicano went on to record several more albums for MCA, including 1971's Revolucion, 1972's Celebration, 1973's El Chicano, 1974's Cinco, 1975's The Best of Everything, and 1976's Pyramid of Love & Friends. They remained active releasing indie titles and performing on the oldies concert circuit until the death of founding member Bobby Espinosa in 2010. Along the way, El Chicano had many personnel changes; members who didn't join until the '70s included Ersi Arvizu (lead vocals), Hector "Rudy" Regalado (timbales, vocals), Max Garduno (congas), Danny Lamonte (drums), Brian Magness (bass), Joe Perreira (bass), Jerry Salas (lead vocals, guitar), Rudy Salas (guitar), and Steve Salas (lead vocals), among others. (The Salas brothers went on to join another East L.A. band, Tierra, which was an El Chicano spinoff and is best-known for its hit 1980 cover of the Intruders' Philadelphia soul ballad "Together"). After creating a buzz in East L.A. in the late '60s, El Chicano signed with MCA in 1970 and recorded its debut album, Viva Tirado. The instrumental title song, which was written by jazz pianist Gerald Wilson, was released as a single and became El Chicano's biggest hit; the recording reached number 28 on Billboard's pop singles chart and number 20 on its R&B singles chart. On regional L.A. charts, "Viva Tirado" spent about 12 weeks at number one. "Viva Tirado" (which was inspired by Mexican bullfighter Jose Ramon Tirado) was a rarity; in the '60s and '70s, one rarely saw any type of jazz instrumental — straight-ahead, fusion, soul-jazz, or otherwise — climbing that high up the national Billboard charts. When a jazz instrumental became a hit single in the pop or R&B markets, it was the exception instead of the rule. While the "Viva Tirado" single didn't make El Chicano national superstars — they were never as big as Santana — the band did acquire a loyal cult following and was especially popular in the Mexican-American neighborhoods of the southwestern United States. El Chicano's second biggest hit came in 1973 when MCA released the brown-eyed soul classic "Tell Her She's Lovely" as a single. Nationally, the tune (which features Jerry Salas on lead vocals) wasn't a major hit; "Tell Her She's Lovely" only reached number 40 on Billboard's pop singles chart and number 98 on the magazine's R&B singles chart. But in Mexican-American neighborhoods, the song was huge — among Chicano Baby Boomers, "Tell Her She's Lovely" was as popular as War's big '70s hits. The band also composed the theme to Robert Blake's 1970s television cop show “Baretta" . El Chicano's contract with MCA ended in 1976; that year, the band recorded its first post-MCA album, This Is...El Chicano, for the independent Shady Brooke label (where the L.A. residents enjoyed more creative control than they had during their six years at MCA). The band's next LP, Look of Love, was released on Musidisc in 1977; then in the early '80s, El Chicano briefly recorded for Columbia, which released the romantic blue-eyed soul tune "Do You Want Me" as a single in 1983. Although not a national chart-buster, the song became a minor hit (primarily in Mexican-American areas). El Chicano, enjoyed newfound attention in the 1990s after rapper Kid Frost sampled "Viva Tirado" for his hit "La Raza." and the band made a long overdue return to the studio with 1998's album Painting the Moment which showed some creeping influences of smooth jazz into the band's sound. Released on Thump, that CD marked the return of original lead guitarist Mickey Lespron, who had not recorded with El Chicano since the '70s. Inevitably, El Chicano (whose Spanish name means "the Chicano" or "the Mexican-American") has been heavily influenced and compared to Latin Rock pioneer Carlos Santana. Despite similarities in approach, El Chicano has displayed a distinct style of its own and Santana is certainly not the band's only influence. Over the years, El Chicano has been stylistically affected by everyone from Chicano soulsters like Cannibal & the Headhunters and Thee Midniters to Latin soul-jazz favorite Pucho to salsa heavyweights such as Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, and Mongo Santamaria. El Chicano's members were not only affected by the Mexican-American experience, they were also well aware of what Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians were doing on the East Coast and in the Caribbean, as well as contemporary jazz and funk artists. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.