Biography
Roses without spikes does not happen. It proved the cult Spanish duet of the 70s Baccara. Girls forced the world to dance with them the bougie-WGOG, and then they laughed. Although each chose his creative way, the last stalking success did not succeed.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of a collective began since 1977, when Mat Mateos, a graduate graduate of the Academy of Arts, went on tour with ballet of Spanish television. Maite met Maria Mendiole. The girls became friends and created a group that was named Baccara in honor of the variety of roses. The idea belonged to Mary, who told her friend: "We will not dance forever."
The debut took place on the scene of the nightclub. Maite and Maria sang, danced, but a week later, the host of the institution dismissed them, explaining the decision by the fact that the girls are too exquisied. " They were not upset and went to Fuerteventura Island, where they got a job at the Tres Islas Hotel. The girls danced Flamenco, performed the Spanish national music and hits Boney M, Abba and Donna Summer. They drew attention to the German sound recording company BMG Leon Deane and invited to Hamburg.
In Germany, the duet met the producer of Rolf Soy. Under his leadership, Baccara released the first single "Yes Sir I Can Boogie". The song took the 7th place in the ranking of the best-selling records in the world. She bought 40 thousand copies daily. So Baccara thundered loud to the whole world.
Music
In 1977, following the release of the Single "Yes Sir I Can Boogie", the band took off the clip and released the first album with the same name "Baccara". He got stuck success and twice became platinum. 1978 was remembered by participation in the Eurovision Song Song Conservatory with the composition "Parlez-Vous Français?", Where the duet presented Luxembourg and took the 7th place. In the same year, the team replenished with a discography album "Light My Fire"In 1979, the group released a new hit "The Devil Sent You to Laredo", which was held in the top ten in all German charts. He entered the third album of the group "Colors". The girls gave a lot of concerts, performed on television and gave an interview. During this period, the team has gained immense popularity in the USSR on a par with Boney M and ABBA.
1980 Forever changed the composition of Baccara. The girls recorded the song "Sleepy Time Boy / Candido". Maria Mendiol criticized the record for poor quality and sued a record company. As a result, the composition turned out to be failed, and producer Rolf Soya refused to work with a duet. The fourth album "Bad Boys", the release of which took place in 1981, failed in charts. After that, Maite and Maria decided to terminate cooperation.
Maria Mendiol in the 80s became the participant of the New Baccara group. In place the second vocalist was invited by Mariss Perez. The singers performed the dance hits relevant for that time, but they could not reach the popularity of Baccara.
Mate Mateos continued to work with Rolf Soyu above the revival of the Baccara group, but attempts were not crowned with success. She changed 20 participants, released a few songs and by the end of the 80s it took a solo career. 10 years later, by the end of the 90s, Mate participated in the project Baccara-2000. She released three albums: "BACCARA 2000" in 1999, "Soy Tu Venus" in 2004, and "Satin ... in Black and White" in 2008.
Baccara now
Maria Mendiol now lives in Hamburg and tours together with the second participant of Christina Seville. Women perform the old hits of the cult duet 70s and dance songs released under the New Baccara brand. In "Instagram" there is an account, which publishes new photos of Mendiol and Seville. In 2019, they continue to give concerts and appear on television. Maria is engaged in dancing, travels a lot.
Mate Mateos lives alone. She did not have to build a happy relationship. In his youth, she lived with a man from Norway for more than 12 years, but the pair did not born children. In an interview with the groom admits: he feels lonely and it is upset by the fact that I could not become a mom. She said that Mary envies, because she has successfully developed a personal life - the performer is happy in the second marriage. She has a son from the first union and three grandchildren.
Discography
- 1977 - "Baccara"
- 1978 - "Light My Fire"
- 1979 - "Colors"
- 1981 - "Bad Boys"
Clips
- 1977 - "YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE"
- 1977 - "Sorry, I'm A Lady"
- 1977 - "Cara Mia"
- 1978 - "Why Don't You Reach Out?"
- 1978 - "The Devil Sent You to Lorado"