Café Quijano is a Spanish

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 band formed by three brothers, Manuel, Óscar and Raúl Quijano, all of whom are singers. The brothers are originally from León, along with their father, who ran a musical pub called "la Lola" in the city center, which gave name to one of their most well-known songs. Apart from publishing four successful albums, they presented galas, collaborated with Disney for soundtracks and worked on a project with Castilla y León's image to promote tourism to the region.

Throughout its history the band has collaborated with artists such as the outstanding Cuban musician Pancho Amat

Pancho Amat

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 on their debut album. Olga Tañon

Olga Tañón

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 sings with them in "La Taberna del Buda", and on their last production they sang with Joaquín Sabina

Joaquín Sabina

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 and Celine Dion

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In April 2007, Manuel Quijano, the lead singer, announced his first solo CD (Vidas y Venidas), and confirmed that, after the promotion of ¡Qué grande es esto del amor!, the group was to split up.

Discography

• Café Quijano (1998)

1. Loco de amor
2. Ante todo
3. Tu ritmo loco
4. Poesía de amor
5. La duda eterna
6. La vecinita
7. Discúlpame
8. Envidia
9. Pensando en ti
10. Porque me miras

• La Extraordinaria Paradoja del Sonido Quijano (1999)

1. La Lola
2. Sangre negra
3. Hablando a un cristal
4. El perdido
5. Morenita
6. Falsas promesas
7. Vete de mí
8. Los locos
9. Lágrimas de mie
10. En algún rincón

• La Taberna del Buda
  La taberna del Buda
  La Taberna del Buda is the Spanish band Café Quijano's 3rd album.-Track listing:# "Nada de Na" – 3:41# "De Piratas" – 3:49# "Desde Brazil" – 3:53# "Lucia, La Corista" – 4:19# "Que Le Debo a la Vida" – 4:02...
  
  (2001)

• ¡Qué Grande Es Esto del Amor! (2003)

1. Tequila
2. Cerrando bares
3. El arte del teatro
4. La duquesa
5. ¡Qué grande es esto del amor!
6. ¿Por qué me miente?
7. Todo es mentira
8. El loco triste
9. Dame de esa boca
10. Nadie lo entiende (chorus feat. Celine Dion
    Celine Dion
    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
    
    )
11. No tienes corazón (feat. Joaquín Sabina
    Joaquín Sabina
    Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina , known artistically as Joaquín Sabina, is a singer, songwriter, and poet. He has released fourteen studio albums, two live albums, and three compilation albums...
    
    )
12. Sirvame una copita

Trivia

• Café Quijano wrote the lyrics for and sang in Disney's Spanish-dubbed version of Lilo & Stitch
  Lilo & Stitch
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  , providing the main song called "Ardiente Amor" ("Burning Love
  Burning Love
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  ").
• In 2004 Café Quijano composed the Spanish National Football Team's song for that year's Eurocup, called "Sírvame una Copita" (Pour me a drink). The Spanish meaning of "Sírvame una Copita" for Eurocup is "Serve (bring) me a cup" (the winning cup of Eurocup).
• They were among the artists selected by Armando Manzanero
  Armando Manzanero
  Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
  
  to make his record "Duetos" (Duets), in which they sing "Esperaré" ("I'll Wait").

External links

• Official Site
• Café Quijano's MySpace page