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LAS may stand for:

• Little Angels' School, a top school in Nepal
• L.A. Symphony, a Christian hip hop group from Los Angeles
• League of Arab States, an international organization of Arab nations
• Leeds Atheist Society, a student group in Leeds, United Kingdom
• Legal Aid Society, an American provider of legal services
• Leysin American School, a boarding school in Switzerland
• Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas, an airline based in Bogotá, Colombia
• Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• Log ASCII Standard, a standard digital format for wellbore logs in the petroleum industry
• London Ambulance Service, an emergency service in London
• Lymphadenopathy syndrome, an AIDS related syndrome
• McCarran International Airport, an airport in Las Vegas, Nevada with IATA code LAS
• Association of Lithuanian Automobilists, a member of the FIA
• Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate, an alternate name for sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, a kind of surfactant widely used in detergents and other cleaning products
• Low affinity site, a region of DNA to which RNA polymerase binds to when not in use
• Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, a Lucasfilm studio dedicated to the Clone Wars TV 3D series, movie effects and video games
• Lahore American School, a high school in Pakistan

Las may refer to:

• Las, a character in Greek mythology, killed by Patroclus
• Las, Lublin Voivodeship, a village in eastern Poland
• Las, Silesian Voivodeship, a village in southern Poland
• Las, Gliwice County, a village also in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland
• Łaś, Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
• Las Khorey, a city in northern Somalia
• The La's, English pop band

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Las Ketchup is a Spanish pop group, founded by flamenco producer, Manuel Ruiz. The group is best known for the 2002 song, "The Ketchup Song" (Aserejé), which sold over 7 million singles.

Career[link]

Las Ketchup was originally discovered by the flamenco producer Manuel “Queco” Ruiz, who signed them to his newly formed independent Córdoba-based label Shaketown Music, which he ran together with Manuel Illán.^[1] They recorded the songs “Asereje” and “Kusha Las Payas" with Ruiz producing, and shopped the demo to a number of large record companies with the intention of securing a distribution deal.^[1] The demo was received by Columbia/Sony A&R Javier Portugués and director Raúl López who, on listening the recordings, stared at each other in delight exclaiming, "Wow, this is fantastic!".^[1] At first the intention was to arrange a distribution deal with Shaketown Music but on hearing the song they realised its international potential and so negotiated for Las Ketchup to sign with Sony.^[1]

In the summer of 2002 they had a major flamenco Europop fusion hit with "Aserejé" (released as "The Ketchup Song" in the UK and other countries), which reached the top of the charts in many countries including Spain, Portugal, Colombia, UK, Italy, Greece, France, Finland, Turkey, Syria, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Philippines, Switzerland, Germany, Romania, and Australia. However, it failed to hit the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Still worldwide, the trio became instant rivals to another Spanish female trio, Lunae, who released their debut single in Europe at the same time in 2003. The title and part of the lyrics were in Spanish. The hit also had an accompanying dance.

The group re-released the Ketchup Song later in the same year, with a new video, as a Christmas song.

The name of the group is a reference to their father Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as El Tomate (The Tomato). This also explains why their debut album carried the title Las hijas del Tomate (Daughters of Tomato).

In 2006 they were joined by Rocío, their fourth sister, to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The girls have said themselves that Rocío has always been a member of Las Ketchup, but she wasn't in the photographs, videos or performances because she was pregnant.

The group sold over 12 million copies with the first album, but the second did not achieve the same success.

Recent events[link]

Las Ketchup came back as a 4-girl group, with a new album titled Un Blodymary (Bloody Mary). Their long absence was due to their writing songs for the album and Pilar's pregnancy. The album release was delayed until the beginning of 2006. They planned to release 1 million copies and their producer "Queco", who also produced and wrote their worldwide single "Asereje", indicated that this album retains their original sound.^{[citation needed]} Their first single from the CD was also titled "Un Blodymary". This song was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song did not perform as well as expected, ending 21st with only 18 points.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Hijas del Tomate (2002)
• Un Blodymary (2006)

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

• 2002 'Ondas awards'

– Best New Artist/group

• 2004 Billboard Latinos awards

– Best pop album from new generation ("Las hijas del Tomate")

– Most tropical-salsa song played by Duo or Group ("The Ketchup Song" (Aserejé)

• 2003 Latin Grammy Award

– Best Pop Album By a Duo or Group with Vocals Las hijas del Tomate (Nominated, lost to Bacilos Caraluna.)

• 2003 Record Fair MIDEM (Cannes)

– Best New Artist/group

• 2003 Amigo Awards

– Best New Group

– Best New Artist

• 2004 Record fair MIDEM (Cannes)

– Breakers of borders (Best-selling Album out of its country and inside of Europe with "Las hijas del Tomate") Song)

Parody[link]

In 2002, the German comedian Elmar Brandt wrote (using the tune of Aserejé) a Gerhard Schröder parody called "Der Steuersong" (The Tax Song)^[18] for the radio program The Gerd Show.

In 2002, a satirical version to the tune of Aserejé by El Groupo Mayonessa circulated in Gibraltar prior to the referendum on a proposal of joint sovereignty, entitled 'Vota Que No, Que No, Que No No No'^[19]

See also[link]

• Son de Sol

References[link]

External links[link]

• Unofficial Las Ketchup Site
• Las Ketchup at AskMen.com
• Las Ketchup at Answers.com

Dos Caras
Dos Caras (left) facing off against Dr. Wagner, Jr. (right) as Mil Mascaras and El Canek look on.
Ring name(s)	Dos Caras
Billed height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Billed weight	96 kg (210 lb)[1]
Born	(1951-02-21) February 21, 1951 (age 61)[1] San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico[1]
Billed from	San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosi, Mexico[1]
Trained by	Rafael Salamanca Gory Medina
Debut	01970-01-06January 6, 1970[1]

José Luis Rodríguez (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for Two faces). Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA) winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. He has been called "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico".^[2]

Professional wrestling career[link]

Rodríguez made his debut on January 6, 1970 at the age of 18 after training under Rafael Salamanca and Gory Medina.^[1] He adopted the ring name Dos Caras upon his debut, wearing a colorful mask with a figure of a two headed eagle on it to reflect his name.^[1] Rodríguez later stated that the name and mask was not inspired by the Two-Face comic book character but as a "two faced cheater" character (called a Rudo or Heel in pro wrestling).^[1] Through connections with his older brother who had been wrestling as Mil Mascaras for some years when Dos Caras made his debut he quickly landed a regular job with the professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL), the world's oldest and Mexico's largest promotion. In the early years he often teamed with another brother who wrestles under the name Sicodélico in low card matches while gaining experience.

In 1975 wrestling promoters Francisco Flores and Benjamín Mora and wrestler/trainer Ray Mendoza decided to break away from EMLL's very rigid structure where young wrestlers "paid their dues" for many years before being given an opportunity and founded their own wrestling promotion, the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), as a direct competition to EMLL.^[3] Dos Caras was one of the young EMLL wrestlers who decided to follow Flores to the UWA, gaining the opportunity to work high up on the card. Dos Caras worked his way up the ranks and on June 20, 1978 he defeated El Canek to win the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, his first championship ever. Over the following 292 days Dos Caras defended the title several times, using it as a springboard up the rankings of the UWA. On April 8, 1979 Caras lost the belt to Astro Rey.^[4]

Over the following years Dos Caras developed both physically and style wise into a heavyweight wrestler, blending the Lucha libre style of wrestling with a more mat-based, United States style wrestling style. Years later author James Molinaro cites Caras' blend of several wrestling styles as one of the reasons he called him "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico"^[2] On February 2, 1984 Dos Caras won the highest title in the UWA as he won the UWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Enrique Vera in a tournament for the vacant title.^[5] Dos Caras' first run as the headliner of the UWA lasted for 119 days, until June 24, 1984 when he lost the belt to Canek.^[5] In the mid -1980s tension between EMLL and the UWA subsided and the two groups cooperated on a series of shows. This cooperation meant that Dos Caras worked EMLL shows for the first time in 10 years, teaming with Villaño III and Villaño V to win the Mexican National Trios Championship from Los Brazos (El Brazo, Brazo de Oro and Brazo de Plata).^[6] The title run only lasted 26 days as EMLL decided to take the belts off the UWA trio and have Los Brazos win them back on March 23, 1986.^[6] the EMLL/UWA cooperation ended not long after and Dos Caras once again focused on the UWA, defeating El Canek to win his second UWA World title, a title he would hold until some time in 1987 where El Canek won the title back.^[5]

In the late 1980s Dos Caras began wrestling for the Mexico based World Wrestling Association (WWA) where he won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1989. He would hold the title for approximately a year until losing the belt to Scorpio, Jr. on September 19, 1990.^[5] in 1992 Dos Caras became a three time UWA World Champion when he defeated El Canek. Caras' third and final UWA title reign came to an end after 154 days when El Canek regained the title in Naucalpan, Mexico.^[5] In 1994 the UWA closed, leaving Dos Caras free to work for other promotions, allowing him to work for EMLL (now renamed "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre"; CMLL) as well as various independent promotions. On MArch 22, 1996 Dos Caras teamed with Héctor Garza and La Fiera to win the CMLL World Trios Championship from Bestia Salvaje, Emilio Charles, Jr. and Sangre Chicana.^[7] The team held the title until early 1997 when Garza left CMLL and the title was vacated.^[7]

In the subsequent years Dos Caras worked regularly for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), being instrumental in the professional wrestling debut of his son Dos Caras, Jr. in AAA.^[8] He would also work for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) although he never won any championships in either promotion. Currently Dos Caras still wrestles, although on a reduced schedule, he mainly works for independent promotions, especially the UWE Legends shows. He has been vocal about not wanting to work for one of the "big two" promotions in Mexico (CMLL and AAA) as he did not feel either promotion treated a wrestler with his history and status with enough respect.^[9]

On October 7, 2010, Dos Caras made a special appearance at a WWE SmackDown live event in Mexico, where he was in his son—Alberto Del Rio's corner in his match against Kofi Kingston.

Personal life[link]

Rodríguez is the father of Luchador Dos Caras, Jr. (currently known as Alberto Del Rio in the WWE), and the brother of luchadors Mil Mascaras and Sicodélico. He has two nephews who wrestle as well, using the names Sicodelico, Jr. and El Hijo del Sicodelico.

In films[link]

In 2007 he appeared alongside his brother in the film Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (also known as Mil Mascaras: Resurrection).^[10][11][12]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Dos Caras Clutch (Hammerlock head scissors pinning combination) – innovated
• Sitout powerbomb

• Signature moves

• Flying cross chop
• Diving crossbody
• La Escalera (Grounded octopus hold)
• Pescado
• Quebradora con giro (Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker)
• Topé suicida
• Wrist lock Stump puller

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) - with Héctor Garza and La Fiera^[7]
• Mexican National Trios Championship (1 time) - with Villaño III and Villaño V^{[Note 1][6]}

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #102 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003^[13]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^{[Note 1][4]}
• UWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[5]

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[14]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1998)

Lucha de Apuesta record[link]

Footnotes[link]

References[link]