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Chico & the Gypsies

{{short description|French musical group}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| background = group_or_band

| name = Chico & the Gypsies

| image = 2018 Lieder am See - The Original Gypsies - Chico Bouchikhi - by 2eight - DSC1292.jpg

| alt = Jalloul Bouchikhi wearing a white shirt and dark pants, playing a red acoustic guitar onstage

| caption = Chico Bouchikhi performing in 2018

| alias =

| origin = Arles, France

| genre = {{hlist|Rumba catalana|flamenco|Latin pop|Latin rock}}

| discography =

| years_active = 1992–present

| label =

| spinoffs =

| spinoff_of = Gipsy Kings

| current_members =

  • Chico Bouchikhi
  • Christophe Baliardo
  • Jean Farre
  • Jean-Claude Vila
  • Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo

| past_members =

  • Joseph Gautier
  • Alain Bourguet

| website = {{url|chico.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

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Current

  • Chico Bouchikhi – guitar
  • Christophe Baliardo – guitar
  • Jean Farre – guitar
  • Jean-Claude Vila – guitar, vocals
  • Jean-Pierre Cargol Baliardo – guitar, vocals{{cite news|title="L'Enfant sauvage" a grandi parmi les rois de la guitare gitane |url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2012/01/07/l-enfant-sauvage-a-grandi-parmi-les-rois-de-la-guitare-gitane,440527.php |website=midilibre.fr |date=7 January 2012 |access-date=3 March 2024 |language=fr |trans-title="The Wild Child" grew up among the kings of the gypsy guitar}}

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.

Discography

Studio albums

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align="center"| 1992

| Tengo Tengo

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align="center"|1996

|Vagabundo

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|Nomade

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align="center"|2003

|Bamboleo

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align="center"|2004

|Disque d'or

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align="center"|2005

|Freedom

|align="center"|12

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align="center"|2008

|Suerte

|align="center"|43

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align="center"|2011

|Chantent Charles Aznavour

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align="center"|2012

|Chico & The Gypsies... & Friends

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|align="center"|20

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align="center"|2013

|Fiesta

|align="center"|11

|align="center"|34

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align="center"| 2014

| Chico & The Gypsies & International Friends

| align="center"| 60

| align="center"| 103

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align="center" rowspan="2"| 2016

| Color 80's

| align="center"| 9

| align="center"| 54

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Color 80's Vol. 2

| align="center"| 47
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| align="center"| 33

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align="center"| 2018

| Mi corazón

| align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 26

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align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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align="center"| 1992

| Live – Olympia Bruno Coquatrix

| align="center"| 96

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align="center"| 2012

| Live à l'Olympia

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Singles

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width="20"| FR
align="center"| 1996

| "Marina"

| align="center"| 30

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align="center"| 1998

| "Nomade 'Ya Rayah'"

| align="center"| 65

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See also

References

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External links

  • {{official website|chico.fr}}
  • {{YouTube|user = mosaiquegitane|Chico & The Gypsies|suffix='}}
  • {{AllMusic|id=mn0000776424|label=Chico & The Gypsies}}

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Category:Musical groups established in 1992

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