The legendary group “Baccara”, whose work is rightfully considered the golden period of the disco era, will perform in Daugavpils. The hits “Baccara” that conquered the whole world will be performed live from the stage – “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”, “Cara Mia”, “Sorry, I’m a Lady” and other songs that have become true classics of world discom music.
The concerts of the group “Baccara” are not just legendary and well-known music to all of us, they are a journey into the golden era of disco. For many viewers, these performances will be an opportunity to once again plunge into the atmosphere of the 80s, feel the energy of youth and melodic romance.
The Guinness Book of Records, 16 million discs worldwide, the most famous female disco duet and that’s all “Baccara”.
It all started in 1976. Acquaintance Maite (Maria Teresa) Mateos And Maria Mendiola happened on a tour of the Spanish television ballet. As it turned out, the women had a lot in common. During this meeting, Maria was struck by the idea of trying herself and Maite as a musical group and performing on stage. This idea was successfully implemented, and the duo began performing in a nightclub. But their first success came at the Tres Islas hotel on the island of Fuerteventura. The audience liked their performances, and the vocalists became a real “musical” magnet for visitors to the popular resort. At that time, the duo did not have their own author, and they covered already existing hits by such popular artists as ABBA and Donna Summer.
In 1976, they began performing on Spanish television under the name “Duo Venus”. Soon a meeting took place with the German producer, composer and arranger Rolf Soja, an employee of the RCA recording studio, who selected songwriter Frank Dostal for the performers, and also came up with a name for the duet. The first single is released “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie». The song instantly shot to the top of the charts, becoming an international phenomenon. The song catapulted the group into disco icon status, and its popularity remains intact even decades later.
“Yes Sir I Can Boogie” became the first single of the “female duet”, which took and firmly held first place in the charts, and also became the first single of the representatives of Spain! More than 16 million records with the single “Yes Sir I Can Boogie” have been sold worldwide. As a result, the duet “Baccara” gets into the Guinness Book of Records as the female group that sold the most singles!
The triumph of a successful debut: all television and radio channels broadcast their songs, everyone wants to interview them. The next single, “Sorry I’m A Lady”, also hit the top of the charts in November 1977, and in Germany it held first place for 7 weeks. In the same year, the first album, “Baccara,” was released. Both singles are included. The album gets gold, double gold, platinum, double platinum!
“Baccara” take part in the 8th World Festival of Popular Music of the Japanese corporation Yamaha (Tokyo, November 11, 1977), where they represent Germany with the song “Mad in Madrid”.
On April 22, 1978, “Baccara” represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest in Paris, where they took 7th place with the song “Parlez-vous Francais?”.
In January 1979, a new album was released – “Colors”, the song from which “The Devil Sent You To Lorado” is included in the top ten in Germany. The girls regularly appear on TV, especially in Germany, Spain, and the UK, and take part in the most popular music shows – Sacha Distel Show (England) and Musikladen (Germany).
The creativity of “Baccara” still resonates with fans around the world. Their style, combining energetic disco with romantic influences, embodied the 70s era and continues to inspire new generations. The group currently includes Christina SEVILLE And Helen de KIROGA.
In November 2020, after reaching the UEFA European Championship qualifying final for the first time in 22 years, Scotland’s national football team celebrated by dancing to “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” in the stadium dressing room. The video blew up the world’s social networks. Thanks to this, in November “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” reached No. 2 on the Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 and on iTunes (in the UK), and took 3rd place on The Official Big Top 40. In the summer of 2021, the song became unofficial the anthem of the Scotland national team at the Euro 2020 football championship, before the start of which it was performed by the Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
The “Baccara” concert in Daugavpils is a unique chance to see a legend on stage and share magical moments of creativity with them. All the band’s legendary hits will be performed from the stage! Don’t miss the opportunity to become part of this musical celebration!
The “Baccara” concert will take place in Daugavpils on May 3, 2025 (Daugavpils Palace of Culture). Tickets for bilesuserviss.lv.
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