SUENOS Band Bio & History
SUENOS from Sacramento, California was formed in 1979 under the guidance of bandleader & songwriter Frank Lizarraga to record and perform Chicano and Latin music. Two songs "BABY, I LOVE YOU" and "OH, LITTLE GIRL"
ft Jamie Zuniga on lead vocals received extended airplay and have shown up on several classic hit albums. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1985 their 12" single "I’M SO CRAZY FOR YOU" was well received on both the West & East coasts and in Europe. They also recorded two albums in Spanish; their cumbia "LA CITA" and ranchera "SOY COMPESINO" received national airplay on Spanish radio stations. They also produced and recorded albums for various solo acts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"HOLLYWOOD GIRL and more Chicano Soul" CD-411 featuring eleven songs including; "Baby, I Love You" and "Oh, Little Girl" & "Hollywood Girl" and several songs never reissued and released by Lovetaxi productions in 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "ESTRELLAS Vol 1 & 2" a double CD was released in 2010 to showcase and catalogue the original recordings and releases from 1979 -1989, featuring all the songs from their studio projects and session work with other Latino singers and artist’s recorded in Spanish, retrieved and transferred from vinyl LP and master tapes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In August 2013 the SUENOS Band released CD Single “Sad Love Song” ballad as
the lead preview track of their upcoming album "ALMA AZUL" featuring nine new songs written by the original members Jamie Zuniga, Frankie Lizarraga, Rudy Morones, Polo Martinez, Bernie Torres and Augie Lara. Watch for full album release in spring of 2014!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ft Jamie Zuniga on lead vocals received extended airplay and have shown up on several classic hit albums. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 1985 their 12" single "I’M SO CRAZY FOR YOU" was well received on both the West & East coasts and in Europe. They also recorded two albums in Spanish; their cumbia "LA CITA" and ranchera "SOY COMPESINO" received national airplay on Spanish radio stations. They also produced and recorded albums for various solo acts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"HOLLYWOOD GIRL and more Chicano Soul" CD-411 featuring eleven songs including; "Baby, I Love You" and "Oh, Little Girl" & "Hollywood Girl" and several songs never reissued and released by Lovetaxi productions in 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "ESTRELLAS Vol 1 & 2" a double CD was released in 2010 to showcase and catalogue the original recordings and releases from 1979 -1989, featuring all the songs from their studio projects and session work with other Latino singers and artist’s recorded in Spanish, retrieved and transferred from vinyl LP and master tapes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In August 2013 the SUENOS Band released CD Single “Sad Love Song” ballad as
the lead preview track of their upcoming album "ALMA AZUL" featuring nine new songs written by the original members Jamie Zuniga, Frankie Lizarraga, Rudy Morones, Polo Martinez, Bernie Torres and Augie Lara. Watch for full album release in spring of 2014!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~