Roberto Uranga

Born in Bilbao, second of nine children, from parents singers, singing has been a tradition among all members of his family, specially among the eldest children, Amaya, Roberto, Izaskum and Estíbaliz. On his late teens he joined his sisters Amaya, Izaskum and Estíbaliz as well as some friends to form the group "Voces y Guitarras" (voices and guitars), that would become Mocedades in 1969. He has been a member of Mocedades for 25 years as singer (background vocals) and sometimes guitar player, participating in 20 of their albums. He was in the group until 1994, when he left the group and joined 2 ex-members of Mocedades, José Ipiña and Ana Bejerano as well as 2 other singers from another music group to form Txarango, a folk group, the style he always liked. Being with Txarango, they have released one album without success, but they went on singing for their fans until present. He died in 2005 due to a cancer, shortly before the Eurovision's 50th anniversary (Congratulations) where he might have participated as one of the ex-members of Mocedades singing when the group participated in the contest in 1973 since the group had been selected for the final contest of Congratulations. That very same year Rafael Blanco, another ex-member of Mocedades, died and José Antonio Las Heras, a member of Mocedades since 1997 died too.