Juan Pulido (singer)

Juan Manuel Pulido (born June 19, 1891 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , † November 23, 1972 in Mexico City ) was a Spanish singer and actor.

Pulido received his first musical training from Bernardino Valle at the Philharmonic Academy of Gran Canaria, where he also appeared as an amateur from 1912. In 1920, after three years in the military, he followed his singing teacher Néstor de la Torre to Cuba. There he was promoted by composers such as Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes and Gonzalo Roig and played in two silent films directed by Ramón Peón .

In 1923 he went to New York and appeared there in October as a singer at the Rialto Theater . This was followed in the same year further appearances in Zarzuela performances in New York and Tampa and the recording of his first album, which included a duet with Pilar Arcos . At the end of the season he had a role alongside Hipólito Lázaro in Emilio Arrieta's opera Marina .

In the following years he took part in Spanish-language theater productions in New and sang Viennese operettas in Spanish translation. He performed again in Marina - now with Rodolfo Hoyos , Carlos Mejía and Margarita Cueto . In 1927 he signed an exclusive contract with Victor Records .

In 1928 he gave three concerts in the National Theater in Havana. He made records in New York and appeared in the film Calas de la Paramount (with Ernesto Vilches , Encarnación López and Rosita Moreno ). After a concert in Las Palmas, he toured several European countries until 1932. From 1944 to 1949 he lived in Havana, after which he went to Mexico. There he met Ramón Peón again and made more than 70 films with him and others in the following five years. In 1954 he withdrew from all artistic activities.

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SURNAME	Pulido, Juan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pulido, Juan Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 19, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
DATE OF DEATH	November 23, 1972
Place of death	Mexico city