Neoton Família

Neoton Família (also known in some countries as Newton Family) was one of the most successful Hungarian pop-bands, their career spanning several decades, with changes in line-up.

The band was founded in 1965 by László Pásztor and Lajos Galácz, studying economics in Budapest, in order to enter the school's annual Santa Claus music contest.

1979 proved to be a turning point for Neoton Família, as they got the chance to accompany the Hungarian entrants at the Midem festival in Cannes, and could also play a few tracks of their own - gaining the interest of some foreign music industry officials.

Neoton Família released the single "Don Quijote", which became their biggest hit: number one in Hungary and Japan, TOP5 in Spain, Brazil and Philippines and TOP40 in Denmark and Germany.

Their new album Marathon was a bestseller in Hungary and was released in nine countries including Germany, Spain, Denmark, Brazil, Japan and the Philippines.

In spring 1980 the band also released the soundtrack to the Canadian movie Yesterday, including the song "Smile again", in which the lead-vocal was sung by Éva Csepregi.

That year the single "Atra" was released in France, Brazil and Japan, it was the soundtrack to the Canadian-French movie La Guerre du feu (1982).

In 1983 she and Ádám Végvári, who joined in 1980, won the Grand Prix on Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo with the song "Times Goes By".

And in 1988 Éva Csepregi and Leslie Mándoki (ex-soloist of the German disco-band Dschinghis Khan) performed the song "Korea" at the opening of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.