Chico & the Gypsies

Chico & the Gypsies
Jalloul Bouchikhi wearing a white shirt and dark pants, playing a red acoustic guitar onstage
Chico Bouchikhi performing in 2018
Background information
OriginArles, France
Genres
Years active1992–present
Spinoff ofGipsy Kings
Members
  • Chico Bouchikhi
  • Christophe Baliardo
  • Jean Farre
  • Jean-Claude Vila
  • Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo
Past members
  • Joseph Gautier
  • Alain Bourguet
Websitechico.fr

Chico & the Gypsies is a French Gitano band that plays Catalan rumba, flamenco, Latin pop, and Latin rock. It is led by Chico Bouchikhi, one of the founders of the Gipsy Kings. A year after leaving that band, in 1991, he formed the Gypsies in his hometown of Arles.

Band members

Current

  • Chico Bouchikhi – guitar
  • Christophe Baliardo – guitar
  • Jean Farre – guitar
  • Jean-Claude Vila – guitar, vocals
  • Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo – guitar, vocals[1]

Past

  • Joseph Gautier – guitar, lead vocals (2009–2020)
  • Alain Bourguet – guitar, vocals

Trivia

Guitarist Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo appeared in the title role of François Truffaut's 1970 film The Wild Child.[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Charts Certification
FR
[2] 		BEL
(Wa)
[3]
1992 Tengo Tengo – –
1996 Vagabundo 39 –
1998 Nomade – –
2003 Bamboleo – –
2004 Disque d'or – –
2005 Freedom 12 –
2008 Suerte 43 –
2011 Chantent Charles Aznavour 78 –
2012 Chico & The Gypsies... & Friends 8 20
2013 Fiesta 11 34
2014 Chico & The Gypsies & International Friends 60 103
2016 Color 80's 9 54
Color 80's Vol. 2 47
[4] 		33
2018 Mi corazón 4 26
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album Charts Certification
FR
[2]
1992 Live – Olympia Bruno Coquatrix 96
2012 Live à l'Olympia

Singles

Year Single Charts Certification Album
FR
[2]
1996 "Marina" 30
1998 "Nomade 'Ya Rayah'" 65
Nomade

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ""L'Enfant sauvage" a grandi parmi les rois de la guitare gitane" ["The Wild Child" grew up among the kings of the gypsy guitar]. midilibre.fr (in French). 7 January 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c LesCharts.com: Chico & the Gypsies discography page
  3. ^ Ultratop.be/fr/ Chico & the Gypsies discography page
  4. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2016.