Los Manolos: “Amigos Para Siempre” (1992)
Los Manolos are ten friends from Barcelona whose airplane wing shirt collars make them a risk to go airborne while performing, Or walking briskly.
Their mirror shades, Elvis sideburns, neon suits and bell-bottoms certainly lend them a distinctive…uh, flare.
And their music, like their look, isn’t for everybody. But if you happen to like rumba with a rock attitude, they could be the life of your next partido.
“Amigos Para Siempre”, whose music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, may sound familiar. It was written for Sarah Brightman and Spanish tenor José Carreras to sing at the closing ceremony of the the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games.
Los Manolos themselves also performed at those same ’92 closing ceremonies.
This version of “Amigos” reached number 3 in the Spanish charts.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/11/12/songs-you-may-have-missed-230/