Amaya Uranga

Born in Bilbao, in 1947, the eldest daughter of the Uranga's family has been one of the best Spanish singers worldwide recognized. From young age, she played the guitar and sang in school festivals along with her sisters Izaskum and Estibaliz in a trio called "Las hermanas Uranga". This group lasted for a while until they joined their brother Roberto, the Blanco brothers Sergio and Rafael, Jose Ipiña and Francisco Panera founding the group "Voces y Guitarras" that would become "Mocedades" in 1969 when Juan Carlos Calderon discovered them and composed a song for them to promote them in the Spanish music market. This song was called "Pange lingua", whose lyrics are a Christian prayer adapted for singing. With some changes of their members the group Mocedades, where Amaya was the lead singer, participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with "Eres tu", getting a second position. This song, performed by her as the lead singer, is known worldwide, and was followed by some other hits where she was again the lead singer such as "Tomame o dejame" or "Amor de hombre". In 1984, after many albums released and 15 years of music in Mocedades, she left the group to take a rest. Two years later, she started a solo career with four albums released from 1986 to 1992. It wasn't so successful as her career in Mocedades. In 1993 she joined her brother Iñaki, her sister Estibaliz, her brother in law Sergio, and her friend Carlos, another ex-member of Mocedades to create "El Consorcio". She has been with them since although she is not the lead singer anymore, the lead singer in their songs can be her, Iñaki or Estibaliz depending on the song. "El Consorcio" is well known and recognized in Spain, but also in Mexico, acknowledged by them as their second country due to the great success of their songs.