Amaya Uranga Amezaga (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish singer from Bilbao, best known for the 15 years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades. She is a cousin of director Pablo Berger.[citation needed]
Amaya Uranga | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | María Icíar Amaya Uranga Amézaga |
| Born | 18 February 1947 Bilbao (Biscay), Spain |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Member of | El Consorcio |
| Formerly of | Mocedades |
Biography
editUranga formed Mocedades in 1969 with eight members. After numerous group changes, Uranga together with her sister Izaskun, her brother Roberto, and three other male members became the so-called "historic six" members of Mocedades who came second in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Eres Tú", and the band subsequently launched a hugely successful music career in Spain and Latin America.
She was lead singer on many of Mocedades' most successful songs, such as the international smash hit "Eres Tú" and "Tómame o Déjame."[1]
Solo career
editUranga 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.[3]