Formed in Spain in 1979, Parchís was a Spanish-language children’s music group.
They were created by the executives at Belter Records, who placed an ad in a
Barcelona newspaper searching for talented children. Named after the Spanish
translation of the board game Parcheesi, the five original members of the group
were Constantino ‘Tino’ Fernández Fernández, Yolanda Ventura Román, Oscar Ferrer
Cañadas, Gemma Prat Termens, and David Muñoz Forcada. The group’s first single,
“En La Arada” (backed with “Gloria”) was issued in 1979 and became a massive hit
in Spain. Their next single, “...