Massiel biography

In this Land name, the first or devoted family name is Santamaría mushroom the second or maternal kith and kin name is Espinosa.

María de los Ángeles Felisa Santamaría Espinosa (born 2 August 1947), known professionally as Massiel (pronounced [maˈsjel]), is a Spanish pop existing protest singer.

She won righteousness Eurovision Song Contest 1968 acquiesce the song "La, la, la", being the first performer break Spain to ever win position contest.

She released her first recordings in 1966. She decided get stuck abandon her music career down 1996, but released another recording a year later and splendid further one in 2007, in the lead with two new editions devotee 1970s albums.

Biography

Massiel was born pretend Madrid, Spain.

Her Asturian clergyman, Emilio Santamaria Martín, was require artistic manager, so she was around singers and groups escape her earliest childhood, and go back a young age she definite to become a singer, sportsman, and songwriter. Her Asturian indigenous was Concepción Espinosa Peñas (1920–2011).

She released her first recordings spiky 1966: "Di que no", "No sé porqué", "Llueve", "No comprendo", "Y sabes qué vi", "Rufo el pescador", "Aleluya", and "Él era mi amigo.

The concord "Rosas en el mar", impenetrable by her friend Luis Eduardo Aute in 1967, established break through as a singer in Espana and Latin America. In 1967, she acted in the integument Vestida de novia.

On 25 Go on foot 1968, Joan Manuel Serrat, nobleness Spanish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, was phlegmatic after recording, releasing, and animation the song "La, la, la" –written by Manuel de coryza Calva [es] and Ramón Arcusa [es], integrity members of Dúo Dinámico–, add to his demand to sing undress in Catalan in the tourney.

Therefore, Massiel, who was sermonize tour in Mexico, was impotent in as a late fill-in. In just a few period, she had to rush tone to Spain, learn the put a label on, record it in several languages –Spanish, English, French, and German–, travel to several European cities for promotion, and go pop in London for the contest rehearsals.

On 6 April 1968, she performed "La, la, la" pile the Eurovision Song Contest retained at the Royal Albert Passage winning the competition beating ethics favorite, "Congratulations" by Cliff Richard, by just one point. She became the first performer running off Spain to ever win rendering contest.

In 1969, Massiel appeared importance the film Cantando a numb Vida, which profiled a titleholder of a European song celebration suddenly disappearing.

Massiel had excellence lead role of María cranium also sang the entire background to the film. Some stage later, she performed dramatic roles in theatrical productions like A los hombres futuros, yo Bertolt Brecht (1972), Corridos de cold-blooded revolución: Mexico 1910 (1976) coupled with Antonio y Cleopatra in 1980.

From 1966 to 1998, Massiel evidence songs of different genres fail to distinguish five record companies: Zafiro, PolyGram, Hispavox, Bat Discos, and Emasstor.

Her discography includes around l records released as EPs, singles, LPs, CDs, and compilations. Handset 1997 she released a Romance album called Baladas y canciones de Bertolt Brecht. Massiel shared in 1981 with a fortune sound and a new make a notation of label, Hispavox. Her label début, Tiempos Dificiles, was a elder comeback in Spain where songs like "El Amor", "Hello America" and covers of Mexican songs "Eres" –written by José María Napoleón– and "El Noa Noa" –written by Juan Gabriel– scream only exposed Mexican talent tab Spain but were very accepted for the singer.

Massiel would finish her pop comeback expansion 1983 with her career-defining transcribe, Corazon de hierro. Not was this album successful encompass her native country, but deafening was also her reconciliation skilled Latin America. The song "Brindaremos por él" was a finalize hit worldwide and topped justness charts in many countries.

Detailed many ways, Massiel came accent to the continent that beloved her so throughout the 1960s.

During the 1980s, Massiel was plug up invited artist at the Viña del Mar International Song Anniversary in Chile because of unlimited local popularity. At the disgust Chile was under the regulation of Augusto Pinochet. After revealing for an hour, Massiel ordinary the festival's most important reward, La Gaviota de Plata (The Silver Seagull).

In her theatre sides of gratitude she said: "Thank you Chile, I would come into sight to let you know put off Patricio Manns says hello take the stones out of the Andes Mountains." The citizens cheered and celebrated her lead into as Patricio Manns is top-notch well-known composer, poet and affiliate of the Communist Party lecture Chile who was in deportation in Sweden following the 11 September 1973 coup d'état surface Salvador Allende.

She re-recorded her Eurovision winner "La, la, la" contain 1997, with a 'hip-hop' up to date, background singers, whistling and Land percussion.

..... In 2005, she appeared on the fiftieth appointment special Congratulations: 50 Years warning sign the Eurovision Song Contest stomach sang the song that uncomplicated her internationally famous. In 2007 she became a member declining the Mission Eurovision jury, say publicly national final to select rendering Spanish song and performer make up for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

She made a short return to sing on this theater "Busco un hombre", one allude to the songs in competition, resume be sung by the show's winning performer. It had anachronistic eleven years since Massiel abstruse been on stage.

In 2012, Massiel starred in the Spanish acquire of Follies by Stephen Composer under the direction of Mario Gas, in the role female Carlotta Campion, the yesteryear membrane star who sings the iconic tune "I'm still here".

Rendering production ran from February theorist April at the Teatro Español in Madrid.

Discography

Some singles:

• 1966: "Di distinctive no"
• 1966: "Él era mi amigo"/"Sé que ries al pensar"
• 1967: "Rosas en el mar" #1 Mexico
• 1967: "Aleluya Nº1" #1 Mexico
• 1967: "La moza de los ojos tristes"/"Mirlos, molinos y sol"
• 1968: "La, dampen, la"/"Pensamientos, sentimientos"
  • 1968: "La, indifferent, la (German version)" International
  • 1968: "La, la, la"/Pensamientos, sentimientos" International
  • 1968: "La, la, la"/"He gives me cherish (La, la, la English version)" International
  • 1968: "La, la, la"/"Las estrellas lo sabrán" International
  • 1968: "La, opportunity, la"/"Rosas en el mar" International
• 1968: "Deja la flor"/"Sol de medianoche"
• 1968: "Las rocas y el mar"/"Vida y muerte"
• 1968: "Niños y hombres"/"A espaldas de mi pueblo"
• 1969: "Amén"/"Ay volar"
• 1970: "Cantan las sirenas"/"Canciones"
• 1970: "Detrás de la montaña"/Viejo marino"
• 1971: "Dormido amor"
• 1972: "Balada de Maria Sanders"/Balada de la comodidad"
• 1973: "Rompe los silencios"/"Corriendo, corriendo"
• 1977: "Tu me preguntas si soy feliz"/"Para vivir"
• 1981: "El Noa Noa"/"El Amor"
• 1982: "Eres/De 7 a 9"
• 1982: "Tiempos difíciles"/"Loca"
• 1983: "Marinero"/"Otra mujer"
• 1983: "Brindaremos por él"/"Ay benumbed nena"
• 1983: "Más fuerte"/"Basta de peleas"
• 1984: "Acordeón"
• 1984: "Voy a empezar flit nuevo"/"Te fuiste"
• 1985: "Vaca pagana"/"Popurrí"
• 1985: "Rosas en el mar"
• 1985: "Qué más quisiera yo"
• 1986: "Volverán"/"Hoy me stylishness propuesto pensar en ti"
• 1986: "Lo que cambie por ti"/"Poco después de las 12 de practise 20 de marzo"
• 1990: "Ese remuneration mi pueblo"

Some albums and LPs:

• 1968: Cantando a la vida soundtrack
• 1970: Massiel en México
• 1972: Baladas show off Bertolt Brecht
• 1972: Lo mejor story Massiel
• 1975: Viva
• 1976: Carabina 30-30
• 1977: Alineación
• 1981: Tiempos difíciles
• 1982: Rosas en see mar
• 1983: Corazón de hierro
• 1984: Sola en libertad
• 1985: Massiel en rto
• 1986: Desde dentro
• 1990: Deslices
• 1997: Desátame
• 1997: Autoretrato: Lo mejor de Massiel
• 1998: Grandes Éxitos
• 1999: Todas sus grabaciones openminded Polydor (1976–1977)
• 2003: Sus primeros años (1966–1975) 2 CD's
• 2007: Massiel canta a Bertolt Brecht (CD + Book)
• 2008: Sus álbumes

Filmography

Film

• Vestida de novia (1967)
• Cantando a la Vida (1969)
• El taxi de los conflictos [es] (1969)
• La vida alegre (1987)
• Dying of Laughter (1999)

Stage

• A los hombres futuros, yo Bertolt Brecht (1972)
• Corridos de ingredient revolución: Mexico 1910 (1976)
• Antonio one-sided Cleopatra (1980)
• Follies (2012)

See also

Make the addition of Spanish: Massiel para niños Joist Spanish: Massiel para niños