Los Twisters

Los Twisters
Origin	Santiago, Chile
Genres	Rock and roll
Years active	1961–1966
Past members	Luis Dimas Fernando Allende Jorge Toscano Franz Benko Jorge Pedreros

Los Twisters (English: The Twisters) was a Chilean rock 'n' roll band, formed in 1961.

History

Los Twisters was one of the first South American bands which recorded twist songs. The band originated in the early 1960s after Los Lyons broke up.^[1] The band was highly influenced by Bill Haley, Chubby Checker and Elvis Presley.^[2]

From their beginnings, the band had Luis Dimas as lead vocalist and they had their first successful singles: "Penas juveniles", Caprichitos, Me recordarás, Sueña and "Mi secreto". In 1963 it was selected as the most popular band in Chile;^[3] but it didn't continued so much, because the next year Cecilia weed^{[clarification needed]} it to them, inducing the band to emigrate to Argentina.^[3] In Argentina, the band was quite successful, and Luis Dimas became so popular^{[by whom?]}, and they wanted to dissolve in 1966.^[1] After they broke up, the band lost popularity until they released their unique album, El show de Los Twisters.^[1]

Members

• Luis Dimas - lead vocals
• Fernando Allende - drums
• Jorge Toscano - bass
• Franz Benko - guitar
• Jorge Pedreros - accordion

References

1. "Biografía de Los Twisters" (in Spanish). Música popular. Retrieved 2008-12-26.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Los Twisters" (in Spanish). Enciclopedia del rock chileno. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
3. "Biografía de Luis Dimas" (in Spanish). Música popular. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-12-26.