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The Earth Angels are a Spanish doo-wop vocal group formed in Catalonia. Their members come from its capital, Barcelona and they carry out live a cappella performances following the traditional way of performing this genre, by singing on the streets and places of the cities they visit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=elperiodico.cat )〕 They became a band in 2007, when Christian Carrasco (son of Rafael Carrasco, the second drummer of the Spanish band Los Sírex〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=EFE EME )〕) a Bass-baritone, announced in a web page that he was looking for a singer of doo wop and he found Jordi Majó, the main vocalist. Since then, they carried out live performances based in the tradition as well as in radio and television stations in Barcelona and the Balearic Islands. Afterwards, Joan Carrasco, brother of Christian, joined the band, both influenced in this music style by their father during their infancy and they recorded their first version of the track ''Step by Step'' of the band The Crests.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rarerockinrecords.com/earthangelsbio.html )〕 In 2008, they starred a television ad for the Vodafone telecommunications company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://symptomsmrsa.net/video/2/video/DOOWOP/x6uvzl.html )〕 In 2009, they participated in a compilation of greatest doo wop hits with the most famous groups of the street corner style at present time, performing the theme ''In Your Company'', album that was released by Crystal Ball Records in October of this same year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crystalballrecords.com/catalog/-p-2505.html )〕 In the middle of 2010, Pol Daurella, one of the vocalists of the ''Taller de Músics de Barcelona'', joined them for the rehearsals and with whom they prepared the release of their second studio album before becoming an official member.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Christian Carrasco )〕 Their speciality consists in performing covers of song themes considered as rarities of this genre, initially recorded between 1958 and 1964, but they also compose their own melodies, so they have been sponsored by the ''Rare Rocking Records'' musical company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Joe Conroy )〕 Also, they released a musical video directed by David Conill and Christina Scheper, in where they perform a cover of the song ''This is the night for love'', first published by the vocal band The Valiants in 1958.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=WorldRecords )〕 In 2010, with the release of their first commercial job, a compact disc with 15 covers and two themes of their own ''Street Corner Style'', they became the ''Today's Doo Wop Masters Series'' premier band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.doowopshoobop.com/contempdw.html )〕 At the same time, Kingsley Abbot an expert journalist in writing books of the music of the sixties,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ovolobooks.co.uk/pdf/press/500%20Lost%20Gems%20-%20Press%20Release%2025.04.08.pdf )〕 gave them four stars in the review she made about them at the musical page Record Collector, stating the following:〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/5750 )〕 In may of this same year, during three days, they participated in the Doo-wop festival celebrated at the Benedum Center for the performing arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the greatest artirts of this music style like The Quotations, The Marcels and The Edsels, the creators of the popular Rama Lama Ding Dong song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eatzucchini.com/news_detail.aspx?News_ID=91 )〕 At the hall of the hotel Hilton, they performed a live a cappella cover of the American hit ''A Thousand Stars'' with The Quotations and Kathy Young, the original singer of the song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=399978344599&oid=47747037098 )〕 Shortly thereafter, on June 25, 2010, they participated in the seventh edition of the voice festival's ''(a) Phonica'' in the Catalonian town of Banyoles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/cultura-y-espectaculos/20100625/festival-aphonica-prima-voz-femenina-banyoles/347030.shtml )〕 They owe their success in the United States to having been discovered by Joe Conroy (DJ Brad) from the radio station Doo Wop Café, (part of Lagniappe Broadcast Network) dedicated to preserving American music of the 1950s. Conroy found a cover they had uploaded to the YouTube network of the song ''My Island in The Sun'', primary performed by The Capris. Amazed by the sound of the group, he was in touch with them immediately by mail and after interchanging several messages, he suggested them the recording of a compact disc because they did not interpret classic songs but obscure hits of this style, so he started the arrangements for the production and dissemination of their music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rarerockinrecords.com/earthangelslinernotes.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DJ Brad )〕 On the other hand, Carmen Kaye, the presenter of the Australian radio station Doo Wop Corner, included them in her worldwide list of featured bands of the present time doo wop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thedoowopcorner.com/featured_bands )〕 The twelfth of February 2011, they participated in the ''Rock, Rhythm & Doo-Wop!'' music festival celebrated at the Dutch town of Oss, where Pete Bowen, from the British magazine ''Now Dig This'', commented that Jordi Majó was the best doo wop singer he had heard since the glorious days of this genre. == History == Jordi Majó, the main vocalist, met the American classic music through the liking of his mother by it, listening since he was a kid to jazz, doo-wop and rock and roll. His father bought him his first Doo-wop record when he was eight years old, ''Classics Original Doo Wop Hits, 1955-1965 (Vogue PIP)'' and rapidly, with songs like ''Genie of the Lamp'' of the Ly-Dells and ''Lily Maebelle'' of The Valentines, he got to love the style and began to collect their records. The Carrasco Brothers, Christian and Joan, inherited their father's taste for the classics of this genre and since their infancy they began to sing with their mother, Isabel Comas tracks of The Five Latinos, The Diamonds and Rocky Sharpe & The Replays among many others. Listening to the Spanish radio program ''Flor de Pasión'', directed by Juan de Pablos, they discovered in more depth and excitement the doo wop music. At a very young age, Joan developed an ear for instruments and learned to play piano, guitar, drums, mouth organ and other air instruments. He is also a member of a rock band called ''Cram''. After discovering the German vocal group The Crystalairs, Christian developed certain interest in singing this music style, becoming part of several vocal projects whom with Jordi and his brother Joan, formed The Earth Angels, his dream of being part of a doo wop group. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Earth Angels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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