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Mocedades

returns in triplicate with

as a banner for the nostalgic and curious.

And with controversy.

Two groups with representatives of Mocedades that premiered the song compete on stage and

.

The third formation, El Consorcio, with several Uranga brothers -the Bilbao saga that was the base of the group- also speeds up its calendar on the 50th anniversary of an updated song with Plácido Domingo as a guest to multiply the curiosity.

The presentation of

by Mocedades with Plácido Domingo enlivens the

of the two formations that claim to be the authentic Basque choral group.

A, for now, bloodless musical war personalized by Izaskun Uranga's Mocedades and the group led by Javier Garay with the same name.

The two of them, together with Amaya Uranga, Roberto Uranga, Carlos Zubiaga and José Ipiña, performed at the

where

took Spain to second place in the Festival.

The six had become the

that is now being disputed four years earlier.

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Eight million records sold

On April 7, 1973, two sisters and four boys from Bilbao achieved the sweetest musical defeat in history.

Led by Amaya Uranga, a practically Nobel group, they came close to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest.

But he achieved much more than the 125 points accumulated in the first ballot in which up to ten points were distributed per country.

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The

.

Eight million records sold -one million of them in the United States-,

​​and number one in all of Europe and countries as diverse as Vietnam and Angola.

Almost 50 years later, two 'Mocedades' and the Consortium have dusted off

as a springboard from which to launch into a long musical season of bowling all over Spain and South America that started with the chimes of New Year's Eve and concerts in Vigo and Pamplona.

Five decades, millions of records, some thirty vocalists, practically the nine Uranga brothers and dozens of songs later,

, YouTube, Amazon Music, Apple Music and the rest of the major music platforms.

And he is not only looking for his place with the rest of the vintage groups and soloists but also among the six singers who conjured up together with the maestro Juan Carlos Calderón in 1973 on the stage of the Municipal Theater of Luxembourg.

The first notes of

were about to play a trick on the Basque group.

An introduction very similar to the song defended in 1966 by the Yugoslavian Berta Ambroz.

had little or nothing to do

with

.

"You are like a promise, you are. Like a summer morning. You are like a smile, you are. So, so are you," began Amaya Uranga in April 1973.

, the Mocedades led by his Sister Izaskun Uranga is preparing a tour of Spain and South America starting in March, the Mocedades led by Javier Garay has already started 2023 with a concert in Vigo and the Amaya Uranga Consortium will also tour Spain with the songs of the mythical Basque choral group.

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Six owners of the Mocedades brand

Amaya, Izaskun and Roberto Uranga, Javier Garay, Carlos Zubiaga and José Ipiña were clear almost three years before that the name of Mocedades proposed by Juan Carlos Calderón could be the bridge to success after his first attempts with the name of Voces y Guitarras.

The six registered the name Mocedades on October 10, 1969 before the Patent Office, under heading 41 of 'Activities of a musical-vocal group'.

A record with the name of each and every one of them that, half a century later, explains the existence of the two Mocedades led by Izaskun Uranga and Javier Garay.

Later, both Izaskun Uranga and Garay have registered new activities under the name of Mocedades to protect

with significant differences in their promotion and number of performances.

When

touches half a century of life, two groups with the name Mocedades and a third called El Consorcio interpret the enormous repertoire that started timidly at the end of the 60s and that had a first national success with

, a religious theme sung in Latin and in which the soloist was a male voice.

Mocedades was born for the general public with 8 members

, one of the most numerous formations of this choral group that created its own space when Spain opened up to the outside.

Because for 15 years,

.

With Juan Carlos Calderón as producer within the Zafiro record label, the six from Luxembourg starred in records and tours without rest.

Until Amaya Uranga said enough is enough and at the end of 1984 his farewell was certified with a great farewell concert that seemed to close the musical career of the great voice of the golden age of the Basque choral ensemble.

It was the first break in a group accustomed to changes in its members but always maintaining a highly recognizable style that Miguel González Robles, vocalist and manager of Mocedades, directly links to the last name Uranga.

«This is not a legal background race but an artistic one.

You have to offer a credible musical product.

10 years ago we had 200,000 listeners, now 1,180,000.

This can only be achieved with work, work and work”, highlights Miguel González Robles, vocalist and representative of Mocedades de Izaskun Uranga.

González was born 20 years after Mocedades emerged in Bilbao but it is the cornerstone of the group that, at least theoretically, has three of the nine Uranga brothers, the surname linked to the emergence of the group in 1969 and that González uses as a ' label' of authenticity.

With the former PP deputy as singer and promoter, Mocedades has presented his 'Eres tú' in Madrid, a duet with the tenor Plácido Domingo and the accompaniment of the Bratislava symphony.

Another controversial nod to the past because Plácido Domingo was the springboard for Mocedades to turn the classic 'Maitechu mía' into a success.

Now, when collecting the 'Star of the Century' award from the Latin Music Institute, Mocedades has defended the "presumption of innocence"

Against this Mocedades captained by González with Ikaskun and Idoia Uranga as vocalists (Javier Uranga is the technical manager) the Mocedades of Javier Garay competes on stages and galas.

The vocalist claims to be the common thread of the group that since the 70s has been publishing an album with guaranteed hits every year.

«Izaskun [Uranga] and I had the same group.

She separated and set up another Mocedades but the brand was registered in 1969 by those of us who were Mocedades and now there could be up to 5 groups with the same name after the death of Roberto [Uranga]”, says Garay.

"In Mocedades we are not aware of fashions because we have been doing what we do for 50 years," says Garay in a formation in which Belén Esteve stands out as a soloist and that Iciar Ibarrondo, Luis Hornedo and Aitor Melgosa complete.

Garay claims the genius of Juan Carlos Calderón as the soul of the countless successes of the Basque group.

Themes that are also interpreted in their performances by the Consortium, the group led by Amaya Uranga together with her brothers Estíbaliz and Iñaki and completed by Sergio Blanco and Carlos Zubiaga.

The new formation allowed Estíbaliz and Sergio to return to sing with the Urangas after a career as a duo -and couple- that took off in 1975 also at Eurovision.

defended the 'You will return' by Juan Carlos Calderón in Stockholm.

Spain was tenth but the ballad for two voices pushed Sergio and Estíbaliz for almost a decade.

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