Parchís (group)
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Parchis was a 1980s children's group from Spain
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 which enjoyed moderate success in Latin American countries around the world.

The group's name is a reference to the board game, Parcheesi
Parcheesi
Parcheesi is a brand name American adaptation of the Indian Cross and Circle game Pachisi. Created in India perhaps as early as 500 AD, the board game is subtitled Royal Game of India because royalty played using color-costumed members of their harems as pieces on large outdoor boards. Such a court...

 (translated as Parchís in Spanish), where each player represents a different colored pawn (red, yellow, blue, and green). In the same way, each member of the group dressed in one of these four colors with the fifth member representing the die.

Parchis' original five members were Constantino Fernández Fernández (the red pawn), Yolanda Ventura Román
Yolanda Ventura
Yolanda Ventura is a Spanish actress and singer. She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón...

 (the yellow pawn), Oscar Ferrer Cañadas (the blue pawn), Gemma Pratts Tremens (the green pawn), and David Muñoz Forcada (the rolling die, which is singular for dice
Dice
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).

After several line-up changes, the group disbanded in 1986 with various members continuing successful careers in the world of entertainment.

History

Parchis was created in 1979
1979 in music
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, after executives from the Belter Records company placed a newspaper ad in Barcelona, asking children to attend audition
Audition
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s to form a musical group. At first, Belter Records intended to employ the group members during summers only; the company's executives figured out that would be the best season of the year for Parchis albums and concerts to sell.

Parchis was neither a boy
Boy band
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 or girl band
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

. Eventually, the band expanded to have six members at the same time. Gemma Pratts Teremens, David Muñoz Forcada, Oscar Ferrer Cañadas, Constantino Fernández Fernández (better known as Tino), and Yolanda Ventura
Yolanda Ventura
Yolanda Ventura is a Spanish actress and singer. She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón...

 (daughter of the well known trompet player, Rudy Ventura) were the first five kids to be chosen as members of Parchis.

Tino was the heartthrob of the group, Gemma the shy one, Yolanda every boy's crush, Frank who in 1979 joined after Oscar left, was the extroverted red head, and David, a blonde haired boy who was the best dancer and the life of the party.

Parchis' first single, "En La Armada", was a Spanish
Spanish language
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 version of the Village People
Village People
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's disco
Disco
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 hit, "In the Navy". "En La Armada" became a major hit in Spain, giving way for a number of important music composers to start working with Parchis. "En La Armada" was followed by what was arguably the group's biggest hit, "Durante la Espera de Parchis" ("During Parchis' Wait"). This song became a number one hit in Argentina
Argentina
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. Later on, the group also became successful in Mexico
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, Colombia
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, Ecuador
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 and other Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

n countries.

Personal problems forced Oscar Ferrer Caňadas out of the band in 1981. He was substituted by Francisco Díaz Terez, known by fans simply as "Frank". Brothers Miguel Ángel Gómez Cambronero (born in Germany
Germany
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) and Jesús Gómez Cambronero joined the band after Tino and David left the group in 1983.

Losing Tino proved lethal to the group, however. With Menudo reaching unprecedented (for a Hispanic children's music group) success levels in Latin America as well as in Spain, and other Latin American groups like Los Chamos
Los Chamos
Los Chamos was a very famous Venezuelan music group of the 1980s. Los Chamos was formed before the success of Menudo. Los Chamos had considerable success in Venezuela, Mexico and other parts of Latin America...

 and Los Chicos
Los Chicos
Los Chicos was a popular boy band in Puerto Rico, created to rival Menudo's success.The band was created by Eric Laboy in 1978 to 1985, with the name Encuentro. Due to a political campaign slogan, the name was changed to Los Chicos, which translates to The Kids. They enjoyed huge success during the...

 also providing Parchis with competition, and with Ferrer Cañadas' considerable amount of fans gone, Parchis began to wane.

In Spain and Argentina in particular, however, the group remained popular enough to release a 1983 movie, Parchis Entra en Acción (translated as Parchis Gets Into Action in English), alongside Alberto Fernández de Rosa
Alberto Fernández de Rosa
Alberto Fernandez de Rosa is an experienced Argentine actor. He has acted on various Argentine films and television series for five decades. Fernandez de Rosa is a native of Buenos Aires.-Biography:...

.

In 1985
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, Parchis broke up. The group had recorded a number of albums that were successful in Spain and Latin America. More than a decade later, the group would reunite for one television show engagement.

Today Tino is married and works as a high executive in a company; Gemma is a kindergarten teacher and works as a principal in a kindergarten she owns and has a daughter named Mireia; Frank is an entrepreneur and model, he is too married and has a daughter named Ona; Yolanda moved to Mexico to pursue a career as an actress were she had moderate success, she is married and has son named Alex; David got a degree in economics and works in an investment group he created along with his school buddies, he is not married. All except Yolanda live in Barcelona.

On February 10 2008 Parchis made an appearance on the Mexican television show "Muevete" It was the first time in 25 years that they were all together in the same stage. They were introduced and sang the song "PARCHIS" with everyone in attendance. Tino spoke of a comeback and wanting to sing again. They were interviewed for about one hour and spoke about their romances and adventures during their tour. They announced plans to tour again and come out with a new album. in the opening sequence, they all stood on a colored circle and the curtains came up, but there was a problem with Gemma's circled curtain that didn't come up in time, but she continued to sing. This was the highest viewed program in Mexico for the year so far.

Discography

ALBUM 1 : "LAS SUPER 25 CANCIONES DE LOS PEQUES" (ESPAÑA- 1979)

01. SUPERMAN
02. BARBAPA ROCK
03. FANTASMAS A GOGO
04. GLORIA
05. LA PLAGA
06. DEMASIADO CIELO
07. SI VAS A PARIS PAPA
08. CANTANDO AVENTURAS
09. LOS CINCO
10. EN LA ARMADA
11. MI BARBA
12. HALELLUJAH
13. BUSCA LO MAS VITAL “EL PLATANO”
14. GANADOR
15. ME GUSTAS MUCHO
16. SI TUVIERA UN MARTILLO
17. MAMA YO QUIERO
18. MORTADELO Y FILEMON (AGENCIA DE INFORMACION)
19. LA CANCION DE … PARCHIS
20. TARZAN
21. DE OCA , EN OCA
22. ES TAN DIVERTIDO AYUDAR A PAPA
23. HOORAY! HOORAY!
24. LA DE LA MOCHILA AZUL
25. VEN A MI CASA ESTA NAVIDAD

ALBUM 2 : "COMANDO G" (ESPAÑA - 1980)

26. COMANDO G (3)
27. ME VUELVO LOCO (3)
28. EL VIDEO MATO A LA ESTRELLA DE LA RADIO (3)
29. VAMOS A BAILAR (3)
30. ANIMALES, ANIMALES, ANIMALES
31. ALI BABA (3)
32. UN MUNDO PARA ELLOS
33. ZARK -7 (3)
34. UNA CASITA EN CANADA (3) (8)
35. ANIMALES (8)

ALBUM 3 : "LA BATALLA DE LOS PLANETAS" (ESPAÑA- 1980)

36. LA BATALLA DE LOS PLANETAS (4) (8)
37. DEFENSORES DEL BIEN
38. POR EL DEPORTE A LA PAZ
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    ) by Tatsunoko Production
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ALBUM 4 : "TWIST DEL COLEGIO" (ESPAÑA - 1980)

39. TWIST DEL COLEGIO (5)
40. VIEJO TREN
41. RATATATA (8)
42. FUNKYTOWN
43. TOC-TOC-TOC
44. TU NOMBRE (8)
45. DON DIABLO (8)
46. LA CAZA DEL RATON
47. DIME QUE ME QUIERES

48. ERASE UNA VEZ ..EL HOMBRE (SINGLE - Argentina 1980)

49. CANTANDO Y A LA CAMA (LP “Parchis” -Argentina 1980)

ALBUM 5 : "LA GUERRA DE LOS NIÑOS" (ESPAÑA- 1980)

50. QUERIDO PROFESOR
51. FIN DE CURSO
52. AYUDALE

ALBUM 6 : "NADALES" (ESPAÑA - 1980)

53. FUM, FUM, FUM
54. EL RABADA
55. LES DOTZE VAN TOCANT
56. EL DESEMBRE CONGELAT
57. EL TUNC QUE TAN TUNC
58. LA MARE DE DEU
59. EL NOI DE LA MARE
60. SANT JOSEP I LA MARE DE DEU
61. CASCAVELLS
62. SANTA NIT
63. L’AVET
64. EL DEMONI ESCUAT

ALBUM 7 : "VILLANCICOS" (ESPAÑA - 1980)

65. CAMPANA SOBRE CAMPANA
66. LOS PECES EN EL RIO
67. NAVIDADES BLANCAS
68. RIN, RIN (16)
69. DIME , NIÑO ¿DE QUIEN ERES?
70. ARRE , BORRIQUITO
71. NOCHE DE PAZ
72. ¡AY! DEL CHIQUIRRITIN
73. ANDE, ANDE , ANDE
74. JINGLE BELLS
75. EL PEQUEÑO TAMBORILERO
76. CANTA, RIE Y BEBE

ALBUM 8 : "PARCHIS CONTRA EL INVENTOR INVISIBLE" (ARGENTINA - 1981)

77. LA MAGIA DEL CIRCO (9) (11)
78. HOLA AMIGOS (9) (13)
79. CINCO AMIGOS DE VERDAD (11)



80. CANTA Y BAILA (9) (13) (B-SIDE “Hola Amigos” (España - 1981)

ALBUM 9 : "CORAZON DE PLOMO" (ESPAÑA - 1981)

81. CORAZON DE PLOMO (11)
82. UN RAYO DE SOL
83. DIME PORQUE
84. VAMOS A BAILAR UN TWIST
85. ME VAS A VOLVER LOCO (12)
86. EL PAIS DE LA MUSICA (12)
87. ROCKABILLY REBEL

88. PEQUEÑO AMOR EN BUENOS AIRES (LP “La Superdiscoteca” Argentina 1981)

89. VEO VEO (UNRELEASED SONG “Generación 2000/Grandes Éxitos Vol. 2/ Mexico 2001)

ALBUM 10 : "PARCHIS Y SUS AMIGOS" (ESPAÑA - 1981)

90. EL ESPACIO
91. CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ (12) (13)
92. LOS PICAPIEDRA
93. EL BAILE DEL STOP
94. QUE BARBARIDAD
95. TINTARELLA DI LUNA
96. VAMOS A CANTAR (12)
97. EL BAILE DE LOS PAJARITOS (12)
98. VEN A MI FIESTA (12) (13)
99. VERDAD O MENTIRA
100. CUANDO ME MIRAS

ALBUM 11 : "LA 2DA GUERRA DE LOS NIÑOS" (ESPAÑA - 1981)

101. OTRO CURSO
102. MI BICI
103. LA CHICA IDEAL
104. ¡OH, JESUS!
105. QUERIDO WALT DISNEY (13)
106. NANA BLANCA , NANA NEGRA

ALBUM 12 : "LA MAGIA DE LOS PARCHIS" (ARGENTINA - 1981)

107. PARCHIS Y EL MAGO
108. VAMOS POR UN MUNDO DE COLORES
109. BOCADILLO STOP
110. PATINBAILE
111. LA SUPERFIESTA

112. EL ARBOL DE LA SABIDURIA (LP “Los Parchis a Disneylandia”/ Argentina 1982)

113. HIMNO DE LAS AGUILAS DEL AMERICA (SINGLE /México 1982)

114. EL MUNDIAL (El Mundial 82 /España)

ALBUM 13 : "CUMPLEAÑOS FELIZ" (ESPAÑA - 1982)

115. MARCHATE YA (14)
116. BUENOS DIAS ARCO IRIS (14)
117. HASTA LA VISTA (14)
118. VAMOS A RIO
119. METEORITO ROCK AND ROLL(14)

ALBUM 14 : "LAS AVENTURAS DE LOS PARCHIS" (ARGENTINA 1982)

120. TARZAN, TARZAN
121. HASTA LUEGO COCODRILO (15)
122. PREGUNTALE A JUAN
123. PANCHO LOPEZ
124. HAY QUE VENCER AL MIEDO

125. LA BATALLA DE LOS PLANETAS(POPURRI) UNRELEASED MEDLEY “Todas sus canciones…todos sus exitos (España 2005)

126. YA ESTAS AQUÍ (Maxi – single España 1982)
127. LOS MUCHACHOS (NIÑOS)

ALBUM 15 : "LAS LOCURAS DE PARCHIS" (ESPAÑA - 1982)

128. ARRIBA , ABAJO
129. EL RITMO LOCO
130. NO SE PORQUE
131. BIEN , BIEN BRAVO
132. LAS ROCKERAS DE SANTA TERESITA
133. VUELVO DE DISNEYWORLD
134. SAFARI EN LA CIUDAD
135. LAS LOCURAS DE PARCHIS
136. SR. BUHO
137. MI SUPER SUPERMAN
138. MI GUITARRA
139. AUXILIO, SOCORRO
140. MI AMIGO PANCHO

141. FELICIDADES (FROM THE FILM “Las Locuras de Parchis”)

ALBUM 16 : "FELIZ NAVIDAD" (ESPAÑA - 1982)

142. FELIZ NAVIDAD (17)
143. LA VIRGEN Y SAN JOSE
144. PASTORES VENID
145. UNA PANDERETA SUENA
146. LA NORAGUENA
147. CATATUMBA , TUMBA, TUMBA
148. YA VIENE LA VIEJA
149. MADRE EN LA PUERTA HAY UN NIÑO
150. CARRASCLAS
151. TAN, TAN DE LOS REYES
152. A BELEN PASTORCITOS
153. ZUMBALE AL PANDERO
154. EL PORTAL DE BELEN

155. PAQUETITOS NAVIDEÑOS (LP “15 Nuevos Villancicos “ / México- 1982)

156. ESTO ES AMERICA (LP “Las Locuras de Parchis “ /México - 1983)

157. LUCKY, EL JINETE SOLITARIO (UNRELEASED SONG “Sus Grandes Exitos” /España – 1985)

158. SCOOBY DOO (UNRELEASED SONG “Un Globo, Dos Globos, Tres Globos” /España – 2002)

ALBUM 17 : "SUPERDISCOLANDIA" (ESPAÑA- 1983)

159. ENTRA EN ACCION
160. EN EL SUPERMERCADO
161. VAMOS A GANAR
162. A ENTRENAR
163. A VENCER

ALBUM 18 : "SIEMPRE PÀRCHIS" (ESPAÑA - 1983)
164. NO PONGAS EL CASSETTE
165. LA PUERTA VERDE
166. LA BANDA ESTA LOCA
167. QUE MARAVILLA DE CANCION
168. TRANQUI TRANQUI
169. ¡OH! MAMA PAPA
170. MARIONETAS EN LA CUERDA
171. COSAS DE CRIOS
172. 24,000 BESOS
173. LA DOLCE VITA
174. YO TAMBIEN QUIERO FAMA
175. QUIERO QUE LLEGUE EL DOMINGO

176. 24,000 BESOS (24 MILA BACI) (VERSION 2) LP “Tranqui, Tranqui” / México 1983)
177. FAMA (17)
178. NO PONGAS EL CASSETTE (VERSION 2)

ALBUM 19 : "QUE TAL TE VA" (ESPAÑA - 1984)

179. QUE TAL TE VA
180. UNA MOTO QUIERO YO
181. AHORA SI
182. LA TIMIDEZ
183. TARTAMUDEO
184. VIVA EL CINCO
185. TAL PARA CUAL
186. NO ME MIENTAS
187. LA DEL SUERTER GRIS
188. SUSPENSO TOTAL

189. SABADO, SABADO (LP “Que Tal Te Va “/ México -1984)
190. ME ESTOY VOLVIENDO LOCO

ALBUM 20 : "DECIDETE, ATREVETE" (MEXICO - 1985)

191. NO SE , NO SE
192. LA COLEGIALA
193. YO SOY COMO SOY
194. LOBO HOMBRE EN PARIS
195. DI CUAL FUE AL
196. LLAMAS A MI PUERTA
197. DECIDETE ATREVETE
198. NUBES DE COLORES
199. JOVEN PRIMER AMOR
200. DESIDIA

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