Baccara

Female vocal duo.

Baccara was a Spanish group originally created by [a=Mayte Mateos] in partnership with [a=María Mendiola]. The group was formed in 1977 and had a very good career until 1981, when they decided to split after [a=María Mendiola] felt her voice was not getting the recording recognition it deserved.

[a=Mayte Mateos] continued to work as "Baccara", sometimes calling herself "New Baccara" (which had nothing to do with the [a=New Baccara] that [a=María Mendiola] would later form as she went on her solo career). [a=Mayte Mateos] worked with different partners over the years, including [a=Jane Comerford], [a106455] & Marissa Perez (born Maryse Peres). After gaining no success, [a=Mayte Mateos] decided to go on a solo career as well.

Soon after, [a=María Mendiola] decided to try group singing again, joining with the recently dropped "Baccara" singer, Marissa Perez. [a=María Mendiola]'s group was named [a=New Baccara] to set it apart from [a=Mayte Mateos]'s disbanded "Baccara". "New Baccara" began to release their own personal material, as well as several re-recordings and re-recording remixes of "Baccara" tracks.

"New Baccara" then dropped the "New", becoming simply "Baccara" but, still staying separate from [a=Mayte Mateos]'s old one. Soon after, while [a=María Mendiola] & Marissa as "Baccara" continued to release tracks, [a=Mayte Mateos] formed another duo with [a734792], named "Baccara 2000". After releasing an album & several singles (including a re-recording remix of "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" called "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie '99"), this "Baccara 2000" dropped the "2000" and also went simply by "Baccara".

In 2004 [a=Mayte Mateos] dropped [a734792] and instead started singing with Paloma Blanco. [a=María Mendiola] continued to be the steady partner of Marissa Perez (since leaving [a=Mayte Mateos]). Each group has continued to make original tracks, re-recordings, remixes & even re-recordings of remixes. These name-changes on both sides has made it very difficult to tell (both for fans and the record companies themselves) who has recorded what, at any given time.