This weekend, Those of the river They were one of the guests of Friday!Or reviewed his musical career after six decades on stage and they spoke his greatest success, Macarenawhich is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
After almost 60 years of touring on stage, Antonio Romero and Rafael Ruiz They reflected on their professional achievements. “It’s very easy to do, have a lot of confidence in what you do. You have a lot of enthusiasm and respect and you really love what you do,” Rafael revealed.
But Antonio added another reason that was key to his success: “We have two wonderful familieswho take great care of us, who are aware of what can happen to us and I think that’s where they are the most important pillars of Los del Ríofamily.”
The musical duo revealed that one of the most exciting moments of their career was “the presence of King Juan Carlos” at his concert in Abu Dhabi. “We didn’t expect him to be there for two and a half hours watch the show,” they commented.
The passage of Los del Río through The evening of the year
The musical duo was one of the great surprises of The evening of New Year V of Ibai Llanos, inspiring more than 70,000 people to get into the rhythm of Seville has a special color And Macarena. “In the United States, we have also seen very large-scale events and we knew where we were goingwhere we were going and we knew it being in Seville, everyone was going to collapse”, António Romero revealed it.
THE Macarena celebrates its 30th anniversary
His biggest international success and one of the best known Spanish songs in the world is Macarenawho has been playing for three decades. The most exciting thing the song brought them was arriving at the Vatican. “Saint John Paul II called us to perform several concerts where very important European personalities were located. Don’t sing it Macarenabecause it was this time and we sang a Christmas carol,” Los del Ríos said.
The musical duo ensured that Macarena made the jump to the United States via Mexico, where they were sold 35,000 recordings per week of Los del Río and this success was the “springboard” to reach North America.
The big doubt is in who invented the well-known dance which accompanies the mythical melody, something that they themselves do not know. “We were at a very important party and they started dancing like that but Nobody knows who invented the choreography”, explained.
Among the benefits of their greatest success, Los del Río said that they take 25% eachwhile the remaining 50% “returns to the publisher”, something that has lasted for 30 years. “I have always shared with my partner and arrive Macarena and I continued to share it with him”, Antonio Romero, the one who originally created the biggest success of his musical career, clarified.
Even though their success has been enormous, Antonio Romero and Rafael Ruiz do not seek to satisfy any whim and are clear about their priority. “What better blessing than eating well and being with family” Romero condemned.
Finally, the artists released your wish for this Christmas. “The greatest wish is that we do not lack health, that no one is left homelessthat we help those in need and that in Spain we get along well,” said Antonio Romero. “And that there is a lot of peace and “He who wants war should make it with fried squid” »added Rafael Ruiz.
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