Ana Torroja was born on December 28, 1959 in Madrid, Spain and she is a Spanish vocalist, and was the lead singer of the million-selling trio Mecano.

Biography and Career :

Ana Torroja is the daughter of a noted engineer who met Jose Maria Cano while studying economics at university. The two became good friends, and Jose Maria soon introduced Ana Torroja to his younger brother Nacho. Upon hearing Ana Torroja singing along to his brother's compositions on the guitar, Nacho suggested that the three should form a band, and in 1981 Mecano was born.

After seven Mecano albums and fame in Europe and Latin America, months of continuous touring were taking their toll on the band, especially on Ana Torroja who was starting to develop vocal problems. In 1993 the band announced a "tem porary split". While Jose and Nacho composed solo albums, Ana Torroja chose to travel round the world to visit places like Hawaii, Bombay and New York, cities she had sung about while fronting Mecano. It was in New York that she set up home and took dance classes.

By 1997 Ana Torroja felt confident enough to sing again and moved to London to record her first solo album Puntos cardinales. The album marked a curious change for Ana Torroja, as her new songs were not written from a male point of view by the Cano brothers, Ana Torroja felt she could express herself in Spanish as a woman for the first time. The first single from the album A contratiempo was a Spanish cover of an old Bette Midler song, "Bottomless". The video showed a "new" Ana Torroja with plumper lips and other attributes hitherto unseen on the former Mecano star.

In 1998- partially due to the expense and commercial failure of Jose Maria's opera project- Mecano reformed for the double-disc greatest hits compilation Ana, Jose, Nacho, which also featured seven new songs.

Trivia :

- Fluent in English.
- Lead singer of Spanish pop rock band "Mecano". In 1993 the band split up.
- Her group with Nacho and Jose Maria cano released 8 albums: Mecano (1982), Ya no viene el sol (1984), En concierto (1985), Entre el cielo y el suelo (1986), Lo ultimo de Mecano (1986), Descanso Dominical (1988), Aidalai (1991)and Ana Jose Nacho (1998)
- She has released 5 albums in her solo career since Mecano disappeared: Puntos Cardinales (1997), Pasajes de un sueno (2000), Girados en concierto (with Miguel Bose) (2000), Ana Torroja (2001)and Fragil (2003)
- Daughter born in August 2005.

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Tags: madrid, 1959, singer, vocalist	[edit tags]

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 14 June '08

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