Manolo Escobar

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Manolo Escobar (2009)

Manuel García Escobar (born October 19, 1931 in Almería , Spain , † October 24, 2013 in Benidorm , Spain), better known under the name Manolo Escobar , was a Spanish singer of Andalusian and Spanish coplas . He also worked as an actor in several music films . His successes include the songs "El porompompero" (1960), "Mi carro" (1969) and "Y viva España" (1973).

Life

Manolo Escobar was the fifth child of Antonio García and María del Carmen Escobar. He dedicated the song “Madrecita María del Carmen” to his mother. At the age of 14 he went to Barcelona with his brothers. There he worked as an apprentice in various trades. Escobar started his show career in the Badalona area (Barcelona) and the El Raval district in Barcelona. Together with his brothers Salvador and Baldomero he performed as the "Manolo Escobar Group and their guitars". With the group's success, another brother, Juan Gabriel, joined the group.

In 1959 Manolo Escobar married the German Anita Marx (1936–2017). The wedding took place in Cologne. The two met in a holiday resort on the Costa Brava.

Escobar and his wife later adopted a daughter. Manolo Escobar dedicated the song “Mi pequeña flor”, Spanish for “my little flower”, to his adopted daughter.

Manolo Escobar played with Rocio Jurado in the film Los Guerilleros in 1962 . From then on until 1979 at least one movie was released every year in which Manolo Escobar played the male lead. His last film, Todo es posible en Granada, hit Spanish cinemas in 1983.

He has been famous since 1973 for the song Y viva España , written by the Belgian composer Leo Caerts and the lyricist Leo Rozenstraten. The Dutch original was called Eviva España , but that doesn't make sense in Spanish and was therefore changed to "and long live Spain". The original version of the long-playing record of the same name was sold 6 million, followed by another 10 million. By 1992 it was the best-selling LP in Spanish music history. He was also known as a popular interpreter of the Copla andaluza .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Que viva España !!! (with La banda del capitan Canalla)
  IT 34 07/11/2010 (2 weeks)
At an appearance in 2010
  • Los guerrilleros (1963)
  • Espigas y Amapolas (1964)
  • El Angel de la Guarda (1965)
  • Aquel hijo (1966)
  • Pero ... ¿En que pais vivimos? (1967)
  • Éxitos de peliculas (1967)
  • Mi novia ( 1968)
  • Canciones de sus películas (1969)
  • Brindis (1969)
  • Aires navideños (1970)
  • Sevillanas de Oro (1971)
  • Por los caminos de España (1972)
  • Entre dos amores (1972)
  • Grandes Exitos (1973)
  • Me has hecho perder el juicio (1977)
  • Y viva España (1973)
  • ¡Ay, caridad! (1974)
  • Super Manolo (1974)
  • Cada lágrima tuya (1974)
  • Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella (1974)
  • Madrecita María del Carmen (1974)
  • Manolo Escobar y sus peliculas (1974)
  • Eva que hace ese hombre en tu cama (1975)
  • Qué guapa estás (1975)
  • NIña Bonita (1976)
  • Selección Antologica del Cancionero Español Vol.I, II, III (1976–1977; ES:goldgold)
  • La mujer es un buen negocio (1977)
  • Calor (1977)
  • Mis mejores canciones (1977)
  • De las películas Préstemela esta noche y Donde hay patrón (1978)
  • Labrador (1978)
  • Villancicos (1978)
  • Alejandra Mon Amour (1979)
  • Mi pequeña flor (1979)
  • 30 Grandes Éxitos (1979)
  • Amores (1980)
  • Mi carro (1980)
  • El porompompero (1980)
  • Manolo, siempre Manolo (1981)
  • Mi pequeña flor, Vanessa (Especial Rack) (1981)
  • Donde estará mi niño (1981)
  • Los grandes pasodobles cantados (1982)
  • Papá te quiero mucho (1982)
  • Coraje (1983)
  • Seville casi ná (1984)
  • Miel de Amores (1985)
  • Exitos de ayer y hoy (1985)
  • Vive la vida (1986)
  • Suspiros de España (1987; ES:goldgold)
  • 20 Éxitos (1988)
  • 30 aniversario (1988)
  • Por pasodobles, por sevillanas (1989; ES:goldgold)
  • Rumba pa ti (1990)
  • Los peces en el río (1990)
  • Que bonita eres (1991)
  • Tango, tango (1992)
  • El Clio en llamas (1993)
  • Por los caminos de España (1994)
  • Tiempo al tiempo (1994)
  • Solo te pido (1995)
  • Tiempo de navidad (1995)
  • 60 Coplas de Oro Vol. I, II, III (1996)
  • Con mi acento (1996)
  • Aromas (1997)
  • 20 Coplas de Oro (1999)
  • Contemporáneo (1999)
  • Grandes Exitos (1999)
  • De puerto en puerto (2000)
  • Manolo Escobar (2002)

Filmography

  • 1963: Los guerrilleros
  • 1965: Mi canción es para ti
  • 1966: El padre Manolo
  • 1966: Un beso en el puerto
  • 1967: Pero… ¿en qué país vivimos?
  • 1968: Relaciones casi públicas
  • 1969: Juicio de faldas
  • 1970: En un lugar de La Manga
  • 1971: Me debes un muerto
  • 1971: La casa de los Martínez
  • 1972: Entre dos amores
  • 1973: Me has hecho perder el juicio
  • 1974: Cuando los niños vienen de Marsella
  • 1975: Eva, ¿qué hace ese hombre en tu cama?
  • 1977: La mujer es un buen negocio
  • 1978: Donde hay patrón ...
  • 1978: Préstamela esta noche
  • 1979: Alejandra, mon amour
  • 1981: ¿Dónde estará mi niño?
  • 1982: Everything is possible in Granada (Todo es posible en Granada)
  • 1999: Manos a la obra - Madrecita María del Carmen

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 150,000 elportaldemusica.es ES2
All in all Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 -

Web links

Commons : Manolo Escobar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fallce a los 80 años Anita Marx, viuda de Manolo Escobar ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , yahoo.es, January 2, 2017, accessed January 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / es.noticias.yahoo.com
  2. ^ Fallce Anita Marx, viuda del recordado Manolo Escobar , Hola , January 2, 2017, accessed on January 2, 2017
  3. ↑ Muere a los 80 años Anita Marx, la viuda de Manolo Escobar , sur.es, January 2, 2017, accessed on January 2, 2017
  4. ↑ Spanish singer Escobar is dead. In: merkur-online.de , October 24, 2013, accessed on October 25, 2013.
  5. ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Spanish singer Manolo Escobar died, accessed on October 29, 2013
  6. ↑ Chart sources: ES
personal data
SURNAME Escobar, Manolo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES García Escobar, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Almeria , Spain
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2013
Place of death Benidorm , Spain