Leo Marini

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Leo Marini ( Alberto Batet Vitali , born August 23, 1920 in Mendoza ; † October 15, 2000 ibid) was an Argentine singer who was known as Bolerista de América and La Voz que Acaricia .

Career

The son of a restaurant owner had his first appearance on the local radio station LV 10 Radio Cuyo and became a student of the Spanish tenor Juan Díaz Andrés , who gave him the stage name Leo Marini.

In 1941 he traveled to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, where he gave concerts and appeared on the radio. In Valparaiso he met the Cuban pianist Isidro Benítez , with whom he recorded his first songs by Pedro Galindo , Agustín Lara and Luis Aguirre Pinto . In the following year he appeared on Radio Belgrano in Buenos Aires with the violinist Américo Belloto Varoni . In 1944 he made recordings for Odeon and took part in his first feature film, Sueña mi amor .

This was followed in 1948 by a major concert tour through Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, which was followed by another through Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. In 1950 he appeared in Buenos Aires in the Sonrisas y melodías program on Radio El Mundo . In 1951 the music producer Sidney Seegel brought him to Havana for recordings with the Sonora Matancera orchestra . He made a number of recordings with the group and in 1958 the LP Reminiscencias .

In 1978 the Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez honored him for his services to music. In the 1980s he settled in Buenos Aires, where his children lived.

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personal data
SURNAME Marini, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ask Vitali, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine singer
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd August 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendoza
DATE OF DEATH October 15, 2000
Place of death Mendoza