Roberto Yanés
Roberto Yanés ( Roberto César Iannacone ; born April 25, 1932 in Córdoba ; † May 30, 2019 ) was an Argentine singer , composer and actor .
Yanés completed a musical education at the Conservatorio Provincial de Música in his hometown and performed there with the Los Changos del Portezuelo . After serving in the military, he went to Buenos Aires in 1956. There he joined the group Los 5 Latinos , but soon afterwards began a career as a soloist on the advice of its founder Ricardo Romero .
In 1958 he signed a contract with the CBS , and he made his first recordings such as Donde estará mi vida and El espejo . He became known through radio and television broadcasts, toured Argentina and abroad, and Astor Piazolla asked him in the 1960s to record tango classics such as Cafetin de Buenos Aires , Margarita Gauthier , Fuimos and Griseta . He was successful with classics such as Contigo en la Distancia , El Reloj , Inolvidable and Usted , but also with his own compositions such as Querer como nadie and Te desafío .
Web links
- La Nacion, May 30, 2019: Murió el cantante Roberto Yanés, la voz romántica de una generación
- Roberto Yanés on MusicBrainz (English)
- Roberto Yanés at Allmusic (English)
- Roberto Yanés at Discogs (English)
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SURNAME | Yanés, Roberto |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iannacone, Roberto César |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cordoba (Argentina) |
DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2019 |