Banda Los Recoditos
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Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican band formed in Mazatlán
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...

, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

. It was founded in 1989 by friends and family members of Banda el Recodo
Banda el Recodo
Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...

 by Cruz Lizárraga. Alfonso Lizárraga and Pancho Barraza, the first vocalists, were two of the more than dozen bandmembers comprising the original incarnation of the band. After releasing several albums, in 2010 the band released their album ¡Ando Bien Pedo!
¡Ando Bien Pedo!
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, featuring the single of the same title, which became a number-one hit in the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

History

In 1989, Banda Los Recoditos was formed with a group of young students who joined their musical knowledge. The band's name came from the fact that some of them are children of members of the Banda el Recodo
Banda el Recodo
Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...

, a very well known Mexican band, formed by Cruz Lizárraga.

Lizárraga invited the boys to participate in a party held for a family friend, José Ángel Espinoza Ferrusquilla, who was recognized by naming a street in the port of Mazatlan
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...

. That these young musicians caught the attention of attendees and Ferrusquilla itself and between the two came up with the name of the group: Banda Sinaloense Los Recoditos.

They began working in the traditional celebrations of Mazatlan and surroundings, growing in popularity among the people of that region. His young age and music delivery in Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....

, the public recognized as the first youth band from the Pacific Coast. The band recorded their first album A Bailar de Caballito. and soon they were promoting their material in the United States. Following this, some members of the band began their solo careers, Pancho Barraza, and Alfonso Lizárraga joining Banda el Recodo
Banda el Recodo
Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...

.

In 1998, for a whim of Alfonso Lopez, the name was taken from them having to change that value to "Banda Vuelta De Río" with this name was recorded 3 productions, two normal and one with previously recorded hits as Los Recoditos,finally in 2001,the band returned but with the name of Banda Los RCS (Banda Ritmo Con Sabor Sinaloense) until 2004 when it regained there original name.

Banda los Recoditos regrouped in 2004 with vocalists Carlos Perez, Luis Angel Franco, and Carlos Sarabia and with a new style that appealed to the emerging Regional Mexican youth market. In 2005 the group was awarded Popular Breakthrough of the Year at the Premios Oye!
Premios Oye!
Premios Oye! are presented annually by the Academia Nacional de la Música en México for outstanding achievements in the Mexican record industry...

 for Si No Existieras, the third album by the new lineup. In the wake of this acclaim Banda los Recoditos teamed up with parent group Banda el Recodo
Banda el Recodo
Banda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...

 and released Dos Generaciones. In 2010, the band release ¡Ando Bien Pedo!
¡Ando Bien Pedo!
- Chart performance :- Sales and certifications :...

, an album that peaked at number-one in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, with their same titled single
Ando Bien Pedo
"Ando Bien Pedo" is a song performed by Mexican group Banda Los Recoditos. It was produced by Alfonso Lizárraga for the band eleventh studio album of the same title in 2010. Released as the first single from the album, the song became their first number-one single for the band in the Billboard Top...

 reaching the top of the Latin Songs chart. On September 19, 2010 Luis Angel Franco singer of the band announced that they will release a new album later 2010 or 2011

Band members

Member Instrument Age
Carlos Pérez Vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 
26
Luis Angel Franco Vocals 28
Carlos Sarabia 25 32
Cristian Oronia Clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

Cruz Lizárraga Clarinet
Vladimir Sánchez Clarinet
David Lejarza rumpet]69]
Eduardo Medrano Trumpet 23
Horacio Nieves Trumpet
Marco Figueroa 59 Trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

 
Armando Osuna Trombone
Jair Nataniel Avilés Trombone
Yazid Benitez Tambora
Tambora (Mexican drum)
A tambora is a percussion instrument, resembling a bass drum in Mexican brass bands, mainly in Banda sinaloense and Tamborazo Zacatecano.It is a double headed membranophone with a diameter of 20 - 26 inches, a fixed cymbal on the frame that is struck with another cymbal and a stand for the drum. A...

Víctor Sarabia Snare drum
Snare drum
The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...

Aldo Sarabia Background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

Devyl Figueroa Background vocals
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Discography

  • A bailar de Caballito (1990)
  • Lola la Bailera (1990)
  • Las rejas no matan (1991)
  • Tu abandono(1992)
  • Un Sólo Cielo (1993)
  • Adiós amor(1994)
  • Canto Para Tí (1995)
  • Siempre te voy a recordar (1996)
  • El Nylon (1997)
  • Y Todavia Hay Amor (1998)
  • Como La Primera Vez (2001)
  • Si No Existieras (2004)
  • Dos Enamorados (2005)
  • Vengo a Decirte (2007)
  • ¡Ando Bien Pedo!
    ¡Ando Bien Pedo!
    - Chart performance :- Sales and certifications :...

    (2010)
  • A Toda Madre (2011)
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