Los Zafiros

Los Zafiros
Los Zafiros
Origin	Havana, Cuba
Genres	Filín, doo-wop
Years active	1962–1976

Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) were a Cuban close-harmony vocal group working from 1962 until 1976.^[1] The group was part of the filín (feeling) movement, inspired by American doo-wop groups such as The Platters. Their music was a fusion of Cuban genres, such as the bolero, with doo-wop, ballads, R&B, calypso, Bossa Nova and early rock and roll.

^ Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. vol 4, p298, says the group disbanded in 1970. Another group called Los Zafiros made numerous British TV appearances after this date which may have led some to say they continued until 1976^{[citation needed]}.

[1] Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. vol 4, p298, says the group disbanded in 1970. Another group called Los Zafiros made numerous British TV appearances after this date which may have led some to say they continued until 1976^{[citation needed]}.

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