Gipsy Kings
French flamenco, salsa, and pop group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage, play a blend of Catalan rumba, flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Catalan but also mix in Spanish and languages of southern France, such as Occitan.[1]
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Origin | Arles and Montpellier, France |
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Years active | 1979–present |
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Spinoff of | José et Los Reyes |
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Website | gipsykings |
Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani) who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco and rumba, to a worldwide audience, and for their interpretations of English-language pop hits.