Amaya Uranga Amezaga (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish singer from Bilbao, best known for the fifteen years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades. She is a cousin of director Pablo Berger.
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.
Uranga left Mocedades in 1984 to pursue a solo career, although she failed to surpass her success in Mocedades. In the mid-1990s, Uranga joined a new band called El Consorcio.[2] She has also appeared as herself many times on Spanish-language television shows. Amaya performed from a wheelchair in 2011 after breaking her femur.
Amaya Uranga no es solo la voz que nos encandiló en Mocedades, El Consorcio y en solitario. Es una referencia para miles de cantantes del ámbito hispano que la han visto como modelo e inspiración. Después de más de dos décadas con Mocedades, decidió tomarse un respiro y en este breve entapa de apenas cuatro años, grabó tres álbumes en solitario para el sello RCA. Son los que conforman este doble CD. Luego haría un disco minoritario, en euskera, para un sello local, pero esa es otra historia. Estos tres álbumes se editan por primera vez juntos y en formato digital. En el primero hay una cuidada selección de canciones y autores: Pablo Milanés, Caetano Veloso, Carlos Gardel y Joan Manuel Serrat, que colaboró también cantando con ella sus “Palabras de amor”. El segundo tiene canciones de Jim Croce y Billy Joel –adaptados ambos por Sabina-, pasajes de zarzuelas y óperas, y dos joyas de la canción mexicana. En el tercero se puso en manos de Armando Manzanero, que le escribió todos los temas y cantó con ella “Después de hablar contigo”.
LP “Volver” 1987
1 Mira Ira
Adapted By – Luis Gómez Escolar
Bombo – Henry Diaz
Written-By – Lula Barbosa-Vanderley*
Adapted By – Luis Gómez Escolar
Bombo – Henry Diaz
Written-By – Lula Barbosa-Vanderley*
3:30
2 Mago
Mandolin – José Morato*
Written-By – Carlos Gómez*, José Antonio García Morato, Mariano Pérez, Rosa Girón
Mandolin – José Morato*
Written-By – Carlos Gómez*, José Antonio García Morato, Mariano Pérez, Rosa Girón
3:50
3 Me Juego Todo
Flugelhorn – José Medrano*
Written-By – María Rosario Ovelar, Sergio Rampallo
Flugelhorn – José Medrano*
Written-By – María Rosario Ovelar, Sergio Rampallo
4:29
4 No Pidas Más
Adapted By – Víctor Manuel
Banjo – José Morato*
Written-By – Peggy Lee, Victor Young
Adapted By – Víctor Manuel
Banjo – José Morato*
Written-By – Peggy Lee, Victor Young
3:08
5 Volver
Lyrics By – Carlos Gardel
Music By – Alfredo Le Pera
Lyrics By – Carlos Gardel
Music By – Alfredo Le Pera
3:23
6 Palabras De Amor
Vocals – Joan Manuel Serrat
Written-By – Joan Manuel Serrat
Vocals – Joan Manuel Serrat
Written-By – Joan Manuel Serrat
3:30
7 Fuiste Un Trozo De Hielo En La Escarcha
Saxophone – Manolo Morales
Written-By – José María Cano
Saxophone – Manolo Morales
Written-By – José María Cano
4:00
8 Ciudad
Adapted By – María Rosario Ovelar
Written-By – Caetano Veloso
Adapted By – María Rosario Ovelar
Written-By – Caetano Veloso
3:57
9 Apariencias
Violin – Gavyn Wright
Written-By – Ana Luci, Lula Barbosa-Vanderley*, Rosa Girón
Violin – Gavyn Wright
Written-By – Ana Luci, Lula Barbosa-Vanderley*, Rosa Girón
3:20
10 El Breve Espacio En Que No Esta
Flugelhorn – José Medrano*
Written-By – Pablo Milanés
Flugelhorn – José Medrano*
Written-By – Pablo Milanés
4:19
LP “Sobre El Latido De La Ciudad” 1988
1 Malasombra (Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown)
Adapted By – Joaquín Sabina
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – J. Croce*
Adapted By – Joaquín Sabina
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – J. Croce*
3:46
2 Quien Me Va A Creer (Bohemios)
Adapted By [Lyrics] – V. Manuel San José Sánchez*
Arranged By – Ivor Raymonde
Written-By – A. Vives*, G. Perrin*, M. De Palacios*
Adapted By [Lyrics] – V. Manuel San José Sánchez*
Arranged By – Ivor Raymonde
Written-By – A. Vives*, G. Perrin*, M. De Palacios*
3:35
3 Nobleza Obliga
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – B. Fuster*, L. Mendo*
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – B. Fuster*, L. Mendo*
3:47
4 Huapango Torero
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – Tomas Mendez
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – Tomas Mendez
4:11
5 Como Un Bolero Sobre Tu Piel
Arranged By – Hans Zimmer
Written-By – B. Fuster*, L. Mendo*
Arranged By – Hans Zimmer
Written-By – B. Fuster*, L. Mendo*
3:48
6 Cantante (The Entertainer)
Adapted By – Joaquín Sabina
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – B. Joel*
Adapted By – Joaquín Sabina
Arranged By – Graham Preskett
Written-By – B. Joel*
4:10
7 De Un Mundo Raro
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – J. A. Jimenez*
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – J. A. Jimenez*
3:38
8 La Balanza Del Bien Y Del Mal
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – A. Lerner*
Arranged By – C. Gomez*
Written-By – A. Lerner*
3:42
9 Prometo Regresar (Frag. De La Opera “Juno Y Avos”)
Adapted By – B. Fuster*
Arranged By – Ivor Raymonde
Lyrics By – A. Voznesenky*
Music By – A. Rybnikov*
Adapted By – B. Fuster*
Arranged By – Ivor Raymonde
Lyrics By – A. Voznesenky*
Music By – A. Rybnikov*
3:54
10 Luz De Gas
Adapted By – B. Fuster*, L. Mendo*
Arranged By – Hans Zimmer
Written-By – F. Girao*
LP SEGUIMOS JUNTOS (1989)
1 Ya No Vive Aquí – (Armando Manzanero)
2 Ojala – (Armando Manzanero)
3 Yo Te Comprendo – (Armando Manzanero)
4 Seguimos Juntos – (Armando Manzanero)
5 Nuestro Amor Perdió – (Armando Manzanero)
6 Después De Hablar Contigo – Voice – Armando Manzanero (Armando Manzanero)
