Fandango (Mexican band)

Fandango was a Mexican Girl pop group formed in 1984 until their disbanding in 1991 consisting of 5 teenage girls from Monterrey, Mexico. They taped and released their first music album under EMI music. Fandango was created from the late 80's pop-music revolution throughout Mexico to compete against other teenager groups like Menudo, Timbiriche, Flans, and Pandora. In 1987 they charted with their smash hit "Autos, Moda y Rock and Roll" remaining in the Top 10 for over 2 months. The group set a dressing trend among teenagers in Mexico at the time. The track is featured on the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack.

Everything begins in 1984 when 5 teenage girls who belonged to the names of: Yadira, Rocio, Diana Carolina, Moña and Evalinda, childhood friends decide to unite to create a new youth group under the baton of young producer Abelardo Leal, which gets associated a label (Zigan Records) Monterrey and with this group in 1985 recorded his first LP titled Contrastes, which was only distributed in the city of Monterrey and among family and friends of the girls, while the group only presented in private parties and malls.

A couple of months after the album release Yadira & Diana Carolina left the group, this action cost them total anonymity, as in the various biographies of the group have never been mentioned as part of Fandango.

Finish the year before joining the project two girls: Liliana & Alexa, which together with Evalinda, Moña and Rocio form what for many is the original alignment.

Starting 1986, the girls presented with the opportunity to step out of anonymity because the Luis Moyano artistic director of EMI Capitol achieved interested in them, thus starting a lucrative recording contract. That same year his first LP reissued Fandango entitled Contrastes again made an album with a very low budget that failed to interest anyone.

It is not until the year 1987 that Fandango is no longer a living movement and three times danced with castanets, but it becomes the name of a band whose songs and choreography are stored to be part of the youth festivals. They are formally presented in June in the city of Querétaro for the Pageant "Miss Mexico", from there its themes Autos, Moda & Rock and Roll, La Vuelta a mi Corazón en 80 Segundos, Irresistible Seduccion and Un Millón de Maneras de Olvidarte, take over the radio dial, as well as their second LP entitled Autos, Moda & Rock and Roll, in which Alexa, Rocio, Liliana, Moña and Evalinda become role models for girls and young women in Mexico. Due to the success with which he entered the music market, this year are invited to receive the award program's 15 major Siempre en Domingo led by Raul Velasco. They are then recognized with a gold record for the highest album sales, considered the most successful group.

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