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Pandora (musical group)

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Name
  
Pandora

Genres
  
Website
  
Official website

Active from
  
1981

Years active
  
1981-present

Role
  
Musical group

Origin
  
Mexico

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Labels
  
EMI Music Mexico (1985-2006)Sony Music Entertainment Mexico (1985–2006)

Past members
  
Liliana Aboroa (1989-1996)

Members
  
Isabel Lascurain, Fernanda Meade, Mayte Lascurain, Liliana Aboroa

Albums
  
En el Camino, Por EsoGracias, Con amor eterno, Pandora de Plata, Pandora XXV Anos En Vivo

Profiles

Pandora are a female Mexican singing trio. The original line-up consisted of sisters Isabel Lascurain and Mayte Lascurain and their cousin Fernanda Meade.

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Background

During their school years, the Lascurain sisters and some friends participated as a group in various music festivals, calling themselves "Las Jeans". Later, Fernanda Meade, a family friend, joined Isabel and Mayte to form a trio called "Trebol". Under this name they recorded an album for RCA Victor in 1981 entitled El Dia Que Me Quieras (The Day That You Love Me).

From 1981 to 1984 the trio established itself doing backup vocals for artists such as Emmanuel and Pedro Vargas (who is the sisters' godfather), and backup vocals for the group Timbiriche. On November 29, 1984, the trio was given the opportunity to sign a record deal with EMI. The artistic director of EMI Capitol Mexico, Luis Moyano, christened the group "Pandora", the first female trio in Mexico in thirty years. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman created on the earth.

Meade left the group in May 1989 to pursue a solo career, returning to the group in 1997; during this time, her place was taken by Liliana Aboroa.

Fame and Legacy

Their signature song is a composition by singer-songwriter Hernaldo Zuniga titled "¿Como te va mi amor?" (Eng.: "How is it going my love?") which was recently included on the VH1 countdown of the 100 Best Songs of the 80s in Spanish at number 16.

Pandora peaked at number one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks in 1993 with their rendition of "Without You", titled "Desde el Dia Que Te Fuiste", taken from their cover album Ilegal. The album received a nomination for Pop Album at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1993 and Pandora won for Pop Group of the Year. The following year, they appeared as guest artists on Placido Domingo's Grammy-nominated album, De Mi Alma Latina.

Pandora's music can be classified as Latin Pop, though some of their later albums feature much more traditional Mexican composition. Pandora borrows heavily from other performers and songwriters. The trio has covered many songs of Juan Gabriel, Manuel Alejandro, and Hernaldo Zuniga. These covers make up a large part of their performance repertoire.

After issuing Pandora Otra Vez in 1986, Fernanda Meade, Isabel Lascurian, and Mayte Lascurian had the opportunity to perform live in the U.S. while participating in a tribute to Placido Domingo at Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheater, moving to Europe to make Huellas a year later. While touring America to promote Hace Tres Noches Apenas, a traditional Mexican music album, Pandora's live performance at Mexico City's Metropolitan Theater was recorded on May 8, 1998, released as Pandora 1985/1998.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut, the three original members of Pandora reunited in 2010 to release a new album, Pandora.. de plata, which consisted of covers, duets, and re-recordings of their old hits.

Songs

Los peces en el rio
Como te va mi amor
Cosas que nunca te dije
No puedo dejar de pensar en ti
La usurpadora
Cuando no estas conmigo
Matandome suavemente
Solo el y yo
Desde el dia que te fuiste
Ya no es lo mismo
En Carne Viva
Ojala
Despues de ti que
El farsante
Alguien llena mi lugar
Como una mariposa
Popurri pandora
Matandome suavemente con su cancion
Abusas de mi
Rezo una oracion por ti
No sabes amar
Un toque de locura
Cuando quieras dejame
Una historia sie miedo
Con la antorcha en la mano
Para escribir tu nombre
Quiero dormir cansado
Popurri Juan Gabriel
Si Te Vas Estoy Mejor
No Te Pido
Se Solicita un Amor
Amor amor

References

Pandora (musical group) Wikipedia