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Manolo Escobar

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Birth Date:
19.10.1931
Death date:
24.10.2013
Extra names:
Manolo Escobar, Мануэль Эскобар
Categories:
Actor, Singer
Nationality:
 spaniard, hispanic, colombian
Cemetery:
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Manuel García Escobar (October 19, 1931 – October 24, 2013), better known as Manolo Escobar, was a Spanish singer of Andalusian copla and of Spanish song. He was also an actor and performed in multiple musicals. Among his successes are "El porompompero" (1962), "Mi carro" (1969), "La minifalda" and "Y viva España".

Biography

Manolo Escobar was the fifth of ten children of Antonio García and María del Carmen Escobar, to whom he dedicated the song "Madrecita Maria del Carmen". His father left the family farm tradition to devote himself to the hospitality and culture. Then he met a retired Republican teacher, who gave him coverage in exchange for teaching all his brothers, including the musical one. Manolo started playing the lute and played the piano in his early years.

When he was 14, he moved from Almeria to Barcelona with his brothers, where he worked as an apprentice of various trades. He started in show business between Badalona (Barcelona) and Barcelona's red-light district (currently known as El Raval), with the group Manolo Escobar y sus guitarras. His brothers Salvador and Baldomero were also in the group. Later, when the group started to become successful, Juan Gabriel (another brother) joined. Other siblings, Juan Gabriel and Maria José, would later write songs for the group.

In 1962, he rose to fame with Canciones del Maestro Solano, his debut in Madrid and Barcelona and the premiere of the movie filmed in the town of Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz): Los Guerrilleros.

Even after 1965 (when the copla genre popularity was in decline), Escobar topped the number of record sales and was one of the few artists who had his own company and show.

In the early 90's, he moved in to his Porompompero chalet in Benidorm (Spain), named after his well acclaimed song. He appeared in more than twenty films and recorded almost eighty albums, twenty-four of which are gold records, and he also won a platinum cassette. His best-selling album was Y viva España, which sold 6 million (10 million in subsequent official reprints) copies. It was the best-selling album in Spain from 1973 to 1992.

Personal life

In 1959, three months after meeting Anita Marx, born in Germany, in the Hall "Fiesta" of Platja d'Aro, they got married in Cologne (Germany) without knowing how to speak each other's language. They were married for 53 years (until his death) and he adopted her daughter Vanessa. He dedicated the song Mi pequeña flor (My little flower) to her.

Death

He died from Cancer on 24 October 2013, aged 82.

Discography

  • Espigas y amapolas
  • El ángel de la guarda
  • Aquel hijo
  • Canciones de sus películas
  • Mi carro
  • Sevillanas de Oro
  • Brindis
  • Grandes Éxitos (1971)
  • Entre dos amores
  • Me has hecho perder el juicio
  • Y viva Espania
  • ¡Ay, caridad!
  • Cada lágrima tuya
  • Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
  • Madrecita Maria del Carmen
  • Por los caminos de España
  • Eva que hace ese hombre en tu cama
  • Qué guapa estás
  • La mujer es un buen negocio
  • Niña Bonita
  • Calor
  • Mis mejores canciones
  • Selección Antológica del cancionero Español
  • Préstemela esta noche
  • Donde hay patrón
  • Labrador
  • Alejandra Mon Amour
  • Mi pequeña flor
  • Amores
  • Manolo, siempre Manolo
  • Mi pequeña flor, Vanessa (Especial Rack)
  • Donde estará mi niño
  • Los grandes pasodobles cantados
  • Papá, te quiero mucho
  • Coraje
  • Sevilla casi ná
  • Miel de Amores
  • Vive la vida
  • Suspiros de Manacor
  • 30 aniversario
  • Por pasodobles, por sevillanas
  • Rumba pa ti
  • Qué bonita eres
  • Tango tango
  • Tiempo al tiempo
  • Con mi acento
  • Aromas de hierbas dulces (tunel)
  • Contemporáneo
  • De puerto en puerto y tiro porqué me tocat
  • Manolo Escobar, 20 años de éxitos

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1
        Abel de Jesús Dari EscobarFather
        2Hemilda GaviriaHemilda GaviriaMother
        3Pablo EscobarPablo EscobarBrother01.12.194902.12.1993
        4
        Luis Fernando EscobarBrother00.00.195800.00.1977

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