Rocío Jurado
Maria del Rocio Trinidad Mohedano Jurado (born September 18, 1946 in Chipiona , Cádiz province , † June 1, 2006 in Madrid ) was a Spanish singer and actress .
Jurado was married to the boxer Pedro Carrasco . They had a daughter together. After her divorce from Carrasco, she married the torero José Ortega Cano and adopted two children.
Career
Rocio Jurado began her career in a show by the singer Principe Gitano with the song Tengo Miedo . In 1962 she had her breakthrough with the film Los guerrilleros on the side of Manolo Escobar . She later starred in the film Proceso a una estrella in 1966 and in Una chica casi decente in 1971 . In the meantime she lived in Argentina and appeared in the musical La zapatera prodigiosa , which was based on the work of Federico García Lorca . Through the collaboration with the composer Manuel Alejandro , Jurado became a popular figure in Latin American music and was best known for the music titles Muera el amor and Señora .
In 1990 she sang with Lola Flores in the music show Juntos por primera vez . In 1992 she sang with Juana Reina , María Vidal and Imperio Argentina in the musical Azabache which was arranged for Expo92. It is called La mas grande (the greatest) in Spain . In 2004, she announced her cancer disease to the public at a press conference. In 2005 she made her last CD Rocio ... siempre in which she sings with David Bisbal , Raphael and Chayanne . In 2006 the last interview will be broadcast on Spanish television. After a short stay in the USA, she returns to Spain to die in Madrid on June 1st. When stepping on Spanish soil, she is awarded the "medalla al merito del trabajo" (Spanish medal of honor for life's work) with immediate effect. Her death causes mass hysteria in Spain. Artists such as Pedro Almodóvar , Carmen Sevilla , Joaquín Cortés , José Mercé , Paquita Rico , Marujita Diaz and Julio Iglesias , as well as her husband the bullfighter José Ortega Cano appear at the funeral. Alongside Lola Flores, she was the most important singer in the Copla andaluza .
Discography (selection)
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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IT | |||
1979 | Señora |
IT32
platinum
(13 weeks)IT |
Chart entry in ES only in 2005
|
2004 | Volcan de amor y fuego |
IT21 (11 weeks) IT |
Chart entry in ES only in 2006
|
2006 | Rocío ... siempre |
IT3
platinum
(52 weeks)IT |
|
Esencial |
IT7 (12 weeks) IT |
||
Senora (La Antología Completa De Sus Grandes Canciones) |
IT10
gold
(8 weeks)IT |
||
Oro |
IT62 (7 weeks) IT |
||
2007 | 30 canciones de amor |
IT31 (6 weeks) IT |
|
La copla |
IT8 (9 weeks) IT |
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2008 | flamenco |
IT4th
gold
(32 weeks)IT |
|
2009 | Única |
IT33 (6 weeks) IT |
|
El amor más grande (Las grandes baladas) |
IT47 (13 weeks) IT |
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2016 | El legado de Rocio Jurado |
IT99 (1 week) IT |
More albums
- Rocío Jurado (1969)
- Proceso a una estrella (1970)
- Rocío Jurado (1971)
- Rocío Jurado (1974)
- Cupid Marinero (1974)
- Soy de España (1975)
- Rocío (1975)
- Rocío Jurado (A que no te vas) (RCA 1976)
- Rocío Jurado (Columbia 1976)
- De ahora en adelante (1978; ES:gold)
- Canta a México (1979)
- Por derecho (1979)
- Ven y sígueme (1981)
- Canciones de España (1981; ES:gold)
- Como una ola (1981; ES:gold)
- Y sin embargo te quiero (1983)
- Desde dentro (1983)
- El amor brujo (1985)
- Paloma brava (1985; ES:gold)
- Hasta La Última Gota (1987; ES:gold)
- ¿Dónde estás amor? (1987; ES:gold)
- Canciones de España (Ineditas) - A mi querido Rafael de León (1988)
- Punto de partida (1989; ES:gold)
- Rocio de luna blanca (1990; ES:gold)
- Nueva navidad (1990)
- Seville (1991)
- Como las alas al viento (1993; ES:platinum)
- La Lola se va a los puertos (1993)
- Palabra de honor (1994; ES:gold)
- Con mis cinco sentidos (1998; ES:gold)
- La más grande (2001; ES:platinum)
- Yerbabuena y nopal (2003)
- Romances (2013)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | Latin | |||
1979 | Ese hombre Señora |
IT50 (1 week) IT |
- |
Chart entry in ES only in 2009
|
1986 | Vibro Paloma Brava |
- |
Latin8 (6 weeks) Latin |
|
Paloma Brava Paloma Brava |
- |
Latin45 (1 week) Latin |
||
1987 | Donde estas amor Donde estas amor |
- |
Latin43 (1 week) Latin |
|
Quien Te Crees Tu Donde estas amor |
- |
Latin14 (12 weeks) Latin |
||
Esta Noche Gano Yo Donde estas amor |
- |
Latin28 (9 weeks) Latin |
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1988 | Amor De Noche Donde estas amor |
- |
Latin10 (21 weeks) Latin |
|
1993 | Cupid Callado Como Las Alas Al Viento |
- |
Latin20 (10 weeks) Latin |
with Ana Gabriel
|
Amigo Amor Como Las Alas Al Viento |
- |
Latin24 (5 weeks) Latin |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Filmography
- La Lola se va a los puertos (1993)
- Sevillanas (1992)
- El amor brujo (1986)
- La querida (1976)
- Una chica casi decente (1991)
- Lola la piconera (TV film, 1991)
- En Andalucía nació el amor (1966)
- Proceso a una estrella (1966)
- Los guerrilleros (1962)
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Spain (Promusicae) | 12 × gold12 | 4 × platinum4th | 960,000 | promusicae.es ES1 ES2 ES3 ES4 |
All in all | 12 × gold12 | 4 × platinum4th |
Web links
- Rocío Jurado in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Spanish flamenco biography ( Memento from July 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jurado, Rocío |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jurado, Maria del Rocio Trinidad Mohedano |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish singer and actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chipiona , Province of Cádiz (Province) |
DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 2006 |
Place of death | Madrid |