José María Cano

Spanish José María Cano was captivated by John Lennon's music at a young age and he soon learned how to play guitar. After meeting Ana Torroja, an economics student who liked to sing, both decided to start making music together. They were later joined by José María's younger brother Nacho Cano, forming one of the most popular European techno-pop bands of the 1980s, Mecano. During that period José María Cano composed successful songs such as "Mujer Contra Mujer," which remained for seven weeks on the top of the French charts in 1989, "Aire" and "Hijo De La Luna." When Mecano br...