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Baccara
Instead, I thought I'd put together this quick Girlpop show since I will be gone most of the day today (Saturday) … Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
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BBC reported that María Mendiola, of the Spanish duo
Baccara, has died at the age of 69… as reported by her family.
If you grew up in the late 70s, the duo’s debut disco anthem, “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” was massive! It was the #1 song across Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female group. Over 18 million copies sold worldwide. This song, and their follow-up, “Sorry, I’m a Lady”, launched the girls to becoming the face of Luxembourg for the
Eurovision Song Contest in 1978.
Goldfrapp covered the Boogie song, titled “Yes Sir” on their
Black Cherry album, while
Sophie Ellis-Bextor covered it for
I Won’t Change You single, and
The Fratellis released their cover as a charity single (after their live performance of the song onChris Evans went viral) … so clearly the song has left a mark on future generations.
After “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” was adopted as Scotland’s unofficial anthem at the Euro 2020 football tournament, it gave a new lease on life for Baccara.
Mendiola couldn’t believe it, and said, “I never thought I’d be in the charts again. I am not young any more but I guess it shows I can still boogie.”
To keep track of all the musicians who died this year, head over to
Musicians Who Died in 2021.
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[11 Sep 2021] Giulia Lorimer (Italian violinist and singer), 89
Giulia Daneo Lorimer, voice and violin of Whiskey Trail, the group he had helped to found in 1975 and with whom he shared a 40-year-long history and 15 records, died at the age of 89
... via repubblica.it
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[11 Sep 2021] María Mendiola (Spanish pop singer for Baccara), 69
María Mendiola, who sang the disco anthem Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, has died at the age of 69.
... via bbc.com
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[10 Sep 2021] Michael Chapman (English singer-songwriter and guitarist for True North), 80
English folk singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso Michael Chapman has died. “It is with regret and indescribable sadness that we must tell all of his friends that Michael Chapman died earlier today at home,” reads a post on his official Instagram
... via stereogum.com
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[10 Sep 2021] Rosalía (Spanish singer and politician), 77
Long before the era of YouTube, Instagram and the Internet, in general, there was already another singer named Rosalía (Rosalía Garrido) who became famous as the first «ye-yé girl», in the 60s and when notoriety came, above all, from television and radio
... via abc.es
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[09 Sep 2021] Amanda Holden (British writer and translator for opera), 73
The prolific opera librettist and translator Amanda Holden has died suddenly in her sleep, aged 73.
Amanda transformed the sound of opera in English when she translated Don Giovanni in slangy, witty, irreverent fashion for Jonathan Miller at ENO in 1985.
... via slippedisc.com
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[08 Sep 2021] Uno Loop (Estonian singer and musician), 91
Uno Loop, a singer, musician and long-time member of the board of the Estonian Performers' Union, died after a long illness at the age of 91.
... via err.ee
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[07 Sep 2021] Phil Schaap (American disc jockey and jazz historian), 70
The voice of Phil Schaap was as distinctive as the trumpet of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk's piano, or the sumptuous saxophone harmonies of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, but he didn't didn't make his mark as a musician
... via npr.org
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[07 Sep 2021] Tanwa Rasitanoo aka Danwa Sagittarius (ธันวา ราศีธนู) (Thai Luk thung singer), 50, COVID-19
It's news that makes many people sad when Danwa Sagittarius, a big Isan artist, has died after contracting Covid-19. In the middle of August In the past, he was considered another big artist who was respected by the younger generation. Famous song "Chicken Ta Fang"
... via sanook.com
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