Search - Artist/Band: Ersi Arvizu

Artist Info

  • Name: Ersi Arvizu
  • Birthday: 09/1948
  • Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
  • Decades Active: 1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues
  • Styles: Latin Jazz, World Fusion, Contemporary R&B, Latin Pop
  • Moods: Summery, Boisterous, Confident, Earthy, Energetic, Exciting, Exuberant, Fun, Party/Celebratory, Passionate, Playful, Rousing

Albums

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Title Release
  • Friend for Life
  • 05/06/2008

    Individual Bio

    Singer Ersi Arvizu grew up in East Los Angeles in a highly musical family, where she was raised on a steady diet of ranchera, mariarchi, soul, and r&b. Her familial ties brought the young artist her first taste of success in 1964 with the single "Gee Baby Gee," a number three hit for her latin soul group, the Sisters, featuring siblings Rosella and Mary. Arvizu spent the remainder of the decade fronting a variety of groups before landing a permanent spot in the mid-'70s with latin rock giants El Chicano ("Sabor a Mi" and "I'm a Good Woman"). In 2004 she appeared on Ry Cooder's award-winning concept album Chavez Ravine. Cooder eventually returned the favor in 2008 by producing Arvizu's very first solo album, Friend for Life, for the Anti label. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide