Sergio y Estíbaliz
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) and Estíbaliz Uranga Amézaga (born 9 December 1952, Bilbao), known professionally as Sergio y Estíbaliz, are a Spanish
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vocal duo, active since the late 1960s, who have also worked with groups Mocedades
Mocedades
Mocedades is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, probably best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the song "Eres Tú"...
and El Consorcio. They are also known for their participation in the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
.
Having met in 1968, the couple joined vocal group Mocedades
Mocedades
Mocedades is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, probably best known for representing Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the song "Eres Tú"...
, with whom they recorded three albums before leaving in 1972 to concentrate on a career as a duo. They released their first self-titled album the following year, which proved a success and was followed by further albums at approximately yearly intervals throughout the 1970s.
In 1975 Sergio y Estíbaliz were chosen internally by broadcaster TVE as the Spanish representatives for that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Tú volverás
Tú volverás
"Tú volverás" was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in Spanish by the duo Sergio y Estíbaliz....
" ("You Will Return"). At the 20th Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1975
The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the contest hosted by SR and held in Stockholm, Sweden. The arena for the event was the newly built Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö in southern Stockholm. ABBA's victory in Brighton the previous year gave Sweden the right to host the...
, held in Stockholm
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on 22 March, "Tú volverás" placed 10th of the 19 entries. The song became a major hit both in Spain and 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...
, where they became very popular, leading to the release of an album of Latin American songs in 1977.
The couple had married in 1975, and took a career break in the early 1980s during which Estíbaliz gave birth to a daughter. Returning in 1983, they again began releasing albums on a regular basis, with 1985's Cuidado con la noche proving the most successful of their career. Their last album as a duo was released in 1992.
Since 1993 the duo have been members of the group El Consorcio which also includes former Mocedades members Amaya and Iñaki Uranga (sister and brother to Estíbaliz) and Carlos Zubiaga. El Consorcio remain active and have released eight albums to date.
Albums discography
With Mocedades- 1969: Pange Lingua
- 1970: Más allá
- 1971: Otoño
Sergio y Estíbaliz
- 1973: Sergio y Estíbaliz
- 1974: Piel
- 1975: Tú volverás
- 1976: Quién compra una canción
- 1976: Queda más vida
- 1977: Canciones sudamericanas
- 1979: Beans
- 1983: Agua
- 1985: Cuidado con la noche
- 1986: Sí señor
- 1988: Déjame vivir con alegría
- 1989: De par en par
- 1992: Planeta Tierra
With El Consorcio
- 1994: Lo que nunca muere
- 1995: Peticiones del oyente
- 1996: Programa doble
- 1998: Cuba
- 2000: Las canciones de mi vida
- 2003: En vivo desde el corazón de México
- 2005: De ida y vuelta
- 2008: Querido Juan