Nueva ola
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Thenueva ola(pronounced['nweβa'ola];Spanish for "new wave" ) was a loosely affiliated group of musicians, mainly in Spanish-speaking South America, who played and introducedrock 'n rolland other American and European music of the 1950s and 1960s to their countries. The term "nueva ola" was coined in Argentina around the turn of the 1960s to denote the foreign rock and roll styles that were gaining popularity among the youth, along with their local exponents.[1]From there, the concept spread to Chile, with exponents such asBuddy Richard,Los Carr Twins, Los Red Junior, Luis Dimas, José Alfredo Fuentes, Fresia Soto,Cecilia,Gloria Aguirre and Pat Henry.[2]And inPeru,with exponents such asKela Gates,Jimmy Santi, Los Doltons, Joe Danova, Los Silvertons, Los Belkings and Anita Martinez.
Nueva ola bands usually had their names in English and rather than producing their own material they recordedversionsof songs that were already popular in the United States or Europe.[3]More than an artistic movement the nueva ola was an economic and social phenomenon that marked the beginning ofyouth cultureand pop music in South America.[3]
Artists associated with the nueva ola reached their peak of popularity in the 1960s. Nueva ola music was contemporaneous withnueva canción,a style which, together with nueva ola, became the precursor to therock en españolscene that rose to prominence in the 1980s. During the '90s nueva ola music experienced a revival in Chile.[4]
Chile[edit]
Argentina[edit]
In 1960,RCA Victorgeneral manager Ricardo Mejía discovered through amarket researchthat there were almost nopopular musicstars among the youth.[5]As a result, the company began the selection of new singers, initiating the phenomenon of the nueva ola in Argentina.[5]Led by Mejía, RCA executives partnered with future journalist Leo Vanes and musicians Ray Nolan and Jimmy Lerman to create the TV showEl club del clan.[6]Based on foreign music shows, each episode showed a group of friends that got together to perform various styles of music including rock 'n' roll (and the accompanyingtwist),boleroandcumbia.[5]The personality of each interpreter was modeled taking into account the type of music they would sing.[6]The show aired onCanal 13on Saturdays at 8:30 pm,[6]and proved to be extremely successful for RCA.[5]It turned its young cast—which includedPalito Ortega,Billy Caffaro,Violeta Rivas,Lalo Fransen, Nicky Jones andCachita Galán—into the first nationalteen idols.[5][6]Journalist Miguel Grinberg describedEl club del clanin 2006 as "a kind of juvenile ebullition that, impelled by television, established a basic difference, that was young people who did not reproduce the music of their parents."[5]
In 1964, afterThe Beatles' performances in the United States,Beatlemaniaalso reached Argentina, generating the appearance of several bands that imitated their sound and fashion.[7]The nueva ola was overshadowed by the popularity ofBritish Invasionbands, while at the same time a feeling nonconformity grew among the youth, which saw the phenomenon as too carefree and compliant.[5][6][8]Before the dissolution of the group and "as a farewell," anEl club del clanfilm directed byEnrique Carreraswas released on March 12, 1964.[8]
References[edit]
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- ^"La Nueva Ola (1958–1970)"(in Spanish). Memoria Chilena.Biblioteca Nacional de Chile.RetrievedMarch 22,2021.
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