Los Twisters

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]

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