Baccara soloist Maria Mendiola dies in Spain

Member of the Spanish pop duo Baccara Maria Mendiola died in Madrid on September 11 at the age of 69. informs BBC. This musical group made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the girl group with the highest number of single records sold.

The artist was born on April 4, 1952. She started her career as a dancer. In the 1970s, Mendiola met Maite Mateos, and a few years later the women formed the duo Baccara.

The group’s first single and one of the most famous songs was Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. In Germany, the song held first place on the charts for eight weeks, and in Sweden for twenty weeks. Thanks to the composition, the duo was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the girl group that sold the largest number of records with a single – 16 million copies. The next single Sorry I’m A Lady in November 1977 also hit # 1 on the charts.

In 1977, the group released their first studio album, which was subsequently certified platinum twice. The following year, the artists performed at the Eurovision Song Contest from Luxembourg and took seventh place. They performed the song Parlez-Vous français.

Baccara released two more albums, which turned out to be a failure. After which the duo broke up. Maria Mendiola began performing in a duet with vocalist Marisa Perez. They have released several songs, the most famous of which are Touch Me, Fantasy Boy and Call Me Up.

In 1990, Maria Mendiola and Marisa Perez were on tour in the Soviet Union for more than a month. Later, they often visited Russia and other post-Soviet states.

In 2008, Perez left the group, and three years later, Mendiola began to collaborate with Mateos’ former partner, Cristina Sevilla.