Tierra (group)

Tierra
Years active	1973–present
Associated acts	El Chicano
Past members	Steve Salas Rudy Salas Steve Falomir Philip Madayag Joey Guerra Bobby Navarrete Andre Baeza

Tierra is a Latin R&B band, originally from Los Angeles, California, that was first established in the 1970s by former El Chicano members Steve Salas (vocals) and his brother Rudy Salas (guitar). The other original members were Bobby Navarrete (reeds), Joey Guerra (keyboards), Steve Falomir (bass guitar), and Philip Madayag (drums) and Andre Baeza (percussion). Their biggest hit was the 1980 remake of The Intruders' 1967 hit "Together", written by Gamble & Huff, which reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #9 on the US Billboard R&B chart.

Tierra has the distinction of being the first Latino band to have four songs on the national chart with two of them in the Top 100 at the same time.

Around 1973, Rudy and Steve Salas formed Tierra and their self-titled debut album was recorded. By the mid-1970s the band consisted of the Salas brothers, Rudy Villa on reeds, Kenny Román on drums and latin-percussion, Conrad Lazano on bass, Aaron Ballesteros on drums and vocals, Alfred Rubaclava on bass and Leon Bisquera on keyboards. Around that time they recorded the album Stranded for the Salsoul records label.

In 1980 they had a platinum hit with their version "Together" which was a remake of the 1967 song by The Intruders. The song which was written by Gamble & Huff, reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100, #30 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #9 on the US Billboard R&B chart. A few months later they had another chart hit with "Memories". Later in the year they charted again with "La La Means I Love You".

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