"stayed with her mother, who had to take care of three children on a small income. She received a scholarship to study political science in France at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. She has also been influenced by Gandhi's non-violent success and the eastern philosophy at large. She travelled extensively in India. Bianca met Mick Jagger at a party after a Rolling Stones concert in France in September 1970. On 12 May 1971, while she was four months pregnant, the couple married in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Saint-Tropez, France, and she became his first wife. The couple's only"
"is married to Cruz Martínez, owner/producer of Los Super Reyes, on August 31, 2003. They have two sons, Cruz Angelo Martinez (born December 19, 2005) and Felix Estefano Martinez (born February 12, 2007). On October 10, 2009 her brother José Víctor Villarreal Esparza, who was 36 years old, was killed in a car accident in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Alicia Villarreal Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza (born August 31, 1971) known simply as Alicia Villarreal is a Mexican singer-songwriter. Villarreal participated in different bands in Monterrey, before becoming the lead singer for Grupo Límite in 1995. After nearly eight years of"
"the decade of the nineties he came to publish three LPs, although his career began a certain decline, because it would not repeat the successes achieved in previous decades. One of his most renowned songs is ""Cobardía"". After a retired period, in 2004 he published ""Como la marea baja"", under the musical production of his son Fran Cortés. This son, along with the eldest, Antonio, and a daughter, Rocío, are the three of them in their marriage with their first wife, bailaora Amparo Cazalla Mora. Between 1994 and 2003 he was married to television personality Raquel Bollo, whith whom had"
"married in 2012. They welcomed their first child, son Indiana “Indy” Elliot Grobler on December 20, 2017. St. Lucia (musician) Jean-Philip Grobler (1983), known for his musical project St. Lucia, is a South African singer and musician based in Brooklyn. He is signed to Columbia Records and to date has released three albums; ""When the Night"" (2013), ""Matter"" (2016), and ""Hyperion"" (2018). Grobler was born in Johannesburg and raised in South Africa. He spent much of his childhood singing in the Drakensberg Boys' Choir which travelled and performed internationally. Grobler started making music when he was 12 years old. He"
"to 1937, when the marriage was dissolved. He was then married to soprano Lily Pons from 1938 to 1958, when the marriage was dissolved. They owned a home in Palm Springs, California which was built in 1955. In 1960 he married Sara Gene Orcutt; the marriage lasted several years. All three unions were childless. His brother, Boris Kostelanetz (1911–2006), was a prominent tax defense lawyer. After the December 31, 1979 concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Kostelanetz left for a vacation in Haiti. While in Haiti, Kostelanetz contracted pneumonia and died on January 13, 1980, aged 78. It should"
"name of Nina Mares. In 1991 he married Spanish-Mexican lawyer Marta Fuentes, and they have two daughters: Isolda María (b. 1996) and Julia María (b. 1999). Since her childhood, Isolda has taken part in several of her father's productions. The couple divorced in 2005. Between 2008 and 2014 he was married haute cuisine chef Martha Ortiz. Sergio Vela Sergio Vela (born June 27, 1964 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-American opera director, designer, radio and television host, musician, lawyer and academician. He studied piano with Héctor Rojas, singing with Maria Julius, orchestra conducting with Roswitha Heintze (1986) and Murry Sidlin"
"musicians. At one of these gatherings, he met the singer Pepita Embil. Not long afterwards they performed together in Federico Moreno Torroba's ""Sor Navarra"" at the Gayarre Theater in Pamplona. They married in April 1940 and soon formed part of the company Aces Líricos headed by Antonio Medio. With this company, they toured over almost all of Spain. In 1946, as part of Moreno Torroba's zarzuela company, they embarked for Mexico, eventually taking with them their two children, Plácido and Mari Pepa. They toured throughout Latin America, but it was in Mexico where they had the most success, so they"
"his achievements and influence in music, and for his enduring contribution to American and international culture. On 29 January 1971, Iglesias married Isabel Preysler, a Filipina journalist and television host. Preysler, a Filipino of Spanish ancestry, was also a member of the wealthy and aristocratic Perez de Tagle family. The couple had three children: Chabeli (born 3 September 1971), a socialite; Julio Jr. (born 25 February 1973), a singer; and Enrique (born 8 May 1975), an internationally successful singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. In the 1970s, Iglesias and his family were extensively depicted on the front pages of international newspapers"
"the same year, she returned to TV in the telenovela ""Pasión"". In 2009-2010 Banquells starred in the Mexican version of the successful musical ""Mamma Mia!"" as ""Donna"". In 2012, Banquells returned with the show ""Noches de Cabaret"", along with the Mexican singers Lucía Méndez and Manoella Torres. For her work in the recording industry, stage and television Banquells' handprints and star have been embedded onto the Paseo de las Luminarias in Mexico City, alongside her half-sister Sylvia Pasquel. Banquells was married twice. The first time to Pedro Mendez from 1979 to 1984, father of her daughter Pamela, and the second"
"after living together for 6 years. The ceremony was officiated by friend, brother and brother in law Juan Manuel Rozas. They've been together ever since and have two daughters, Matilda Chloe born in 2008 and Roma Belle born in 2014. La Kaza Zirkuz, was an spontaneous reunion of local artists in Miami Beach in the year 1998. Under the same roof were reunited Musicians, film makers, painters and sculptors. The basis for such a reunion, were Bands Sofia and Tereso. Both Rock acts populated the alternative local scene playing many days a week in local bars Roses, South Beach Pub,"
"many recordings, particularly of music by Beethoven, Brahms and Schubert. He won a Grammy Award in 1970 with the Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio for their recordings of Beethoven. He also was known as a soloist, performing many concerts of orchestral music, with conductors such as Eugene Ormandy, Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein, Fritz Reiner, George Szell and Leopold Stokowski. He recorded extensively for Columbia (later Sony Classical), solo works and chamber music. As late as 2001, he made the world premiere recording of Paul Paray's ""Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra"", with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra under Jean-Bernard Pommier. He married Marta Montañez Martinez"
"eventually settled in France where he teamed up with his brother Jean-Claude, Manú Lima, and Luís Silva to form Cabo Verde Show, one of the most popular Cape Verdean bands of all time, he made several albums including ""Di oro"" in 1995 and ""Noite de morabeza"" (""Morabeza Night"") in 1999, some of them were released by Lusafrica recording company. Mendes was later married and had several children including Mika Mendes, a zouk singer. Mendes has travelled widely, which is reflected in his musical output. His influences derive from the popular music of the United States, Brazil and West Africa. His"
"was known as ""the world's largest sextet,"" because it had nine members. Between 1962 and 1966, lived in Rio de Janeiro, where he worked as a translator and copywriter, and where he met and married (1963) with the Rio Lucia Helena Massa, his partner today, and mother of his three children (Fernanda, 1964, Mariana, 1967, and Peter, 1970). In 1967, again in his hometown, he began working in the newspaper Zero Hora, first as a copy editor (copy desk). In 1969, after covering the holidays of columnist Sergio Jockymann and to showcase the quality and speed of the text, he"
"the United Nations in New York, making her the first woman of Filipino descent in history to win the award. In 2007, she and her daughters were invited by Prince Charles to be guests of honour at his London home, Clarence House. In 1970, Preysler was introduced to a retired football player named Julio Iglesias, who just signed a recording contract to become a singer. Iglesias invited her to watch a concert. The couple was married seven months later on 29 January 1971. They were married for seven years and the couple had three children, María Isabel (b. 1971), Julio"
"he met during his conservatory days. In the same year, Marta had been voted ""Mexican Singer of the Year"". After their marriage, the couple performed together frequently at the Israel National Opera. However, after she became pregnant with her first child, she gave up her promising career to devote time to her family. They have two sons, Plácido Francisco (known as Plácido Domingo Jr.), born 21 October 1965, and Alvaro Maurizio, born 11 October 1968. After a period of time living in Israel, Domingo and his growing family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey in the 1960s. He later acquired residences"
"Manuel Mijares Manuel Mijares () (born José Manuel Mijares-Morán, 7 February 1958 in Mexico City) is an adult-contemporary pop singer who is billed simply as ""Mijares"". He began his career at age 23 and achieved high popularity from the mid-80s to mid 90s in Hispanic-America and Japan mainly. From 1997 to 2011 he was married to Mexican singer/actress Lucero, with whom he has two children. He was born in Hospital Español in Mexico City. His mother was a dance teacher and he names her as an artistic influence. As a child, he was part of the elementary school chorus. He"
"the presence of Sandra de Sá. He married Elaine Ramos on February 23, 2009 in Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí shortly before singing in carnaval. The wedding was broadcast on network coverage of carnival. In May 2011 he announced that he would run for mayor in Nova Iguaçu Neguinho da Beija-Flor Neguinho da Beija-Flor, whose stage name is Luiz Feliciano Antonio Marcondes, (born June 29, 1949 in Nova Iguaçu) is a samba singer and composer. He has been the official interpreter of the Beija Flor since 1976. He is the son of a musician. Owning both a powerful voice and great"
"by the Puerto Rican boy band, Menudo). In 1985, Croatto recorded ""El Niñito Jesús"" (aka """"Se llama Jesús""""), released during the Christmas season, which told about a poor and hungry child, named Jesús (a thinly-veiled reference to the Christ child), with wornout pants and no shoes, who walked into a house of well-doers begging for attention, while the people in the household rejected him, first euphemistically, then rather openly. Croatto divorced Montero and married former singer, actress (and later children television hostess) Glorivee (Gloria Esther Viera Pantojas) in 1979. His son Hermes Gabriel Croatto Viera was born during his marriage"
"Triana Pura. Esperanza la del Maera Esperanza la del Maera or Esperanza García la del Maera (born Seville, Spain; 12 February 1922 – 6 April 2001), was a Spanish singer who found fame with the Triana Pura group in the summer of 2000, when they released the songs ""El probe Migué"" (The poor Miguel) and ""Boda Flamenco"" (Flamenco Wedding). Both became highly popular in Spain. Del Maera started in music as a child, but left the stage in 1946. She returned in 1996, forming a group of flamenco singers. Del Maera died in Seville in 2001, mere months after her"
"followed by further albums at approximately yearly intervals throughout the 1970s. In 1975 Sergio y Estíbaliz were chosen internally by broadcaster Televisión Española as the Spanish representatives for that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Tú volverás"" (""You Will Return""). At the 20th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm on 22 March, ""Tú volverás"" placed 10th of the 19 entries. The song became a major hit both in Spain and Latin America, where they became very popular, leading to the release of an album of Latin American songs in 1977. The couple had married in 1975, and took a"
"Manuel Troncoso, ""Then"" ""married me by tí"" of Rafael Solano, ""An unforgettable day"" by Pedro Vilar and ""Of meat or iron"" of Fernando Arias. In general, he recorded 28 disks of vinyl, 5 CDs and recently several CDs of audio. Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 1 Disk 2 Lope Balaguer José Manuel López Balaguer, (22 August 1925, Santiago de los Caballeros - 29 January 2015, Santo Domingo) also known as Lope Balaguer, was a Dominican singer; he was nephew of Dominican president Joaquín Balaguer and cousin of the musicians Johnny Pacheco and Nelo López. He married Flor de Oro Trujillo,"
"La Panchita María de los Ángeles Muñoz Rodríguez, known by her stage name La Panchita, was a Mexican singer. She took her stage name from the song of the same name by Joaquín Pardavé. She began her career singing rancheras, but after a tour of South America, she brought new songs to her repertoire, such as the Peruvian waltz ""Nube gris"". In the 1940s and 1950s, she recorded many songs for the Peerless and RCA Víctor labels, with the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán. She married the Ecuadorian ventriloquist Paco Miller. She died on 8 November 2014 in Monterrey, Nuevo León,"
"such as ""Tabaco y ron"", ""Celos,"", ""Te Amo Demasiado,"",""La Hamaquita"", ""Dominicano Soy,"" ""Sonámbulo,"" and ""Carnaval"" among others became popular in the 1980s. ""Quisqueya,"" ""No Podrás,"" ""Música Latina,"" ""Retorno,"" and ""Me he Enamorado"" were some of his biggest hits in the 1990s. In recent years he has had some health problems making performing a difficult task. But besides the fact that he has not been able to perform frequently, he probably still is the most important merengue singer in Dominican history. He was married to Evelyn Jorge a woman of Puerto Rican origin and they have a daughter named Paloma. Fernando"
"On 14 December 2001 she married bullfighter Javier Conde in Nuestra Señora de las Angustias basilica in Granada. They have two children, Curro (2002) and Estrella (2005). Fanatical about flamenco singers such as La Niña de los Peines, Camarón de la Isla, Pepe Marchena and , she sang folk songs at the age of 4. She sang a ""taranta"" (traditional sailor's songs) accompanied by maestro Sabicas' guitar at age 7. Her art has dazzled not only the most demanding flamencologists but also rockers like Lenny Kravitz. Estrella's debut as a singer took place at the presentation gala of the Alpine"
"from which, she says, she was fired in 1967. In 1966 she again saw Padilla, when he returned from Czechoslovakia, and at the end of the next year they began living together. They were officially married on 25 January 1971. Although Cuza Malé worked for ""Granma"", she says she never had ""any revolutionary enthusiasm"". About this time she says: Cuza Malé was arrested on 20 March 1971, following the recital given by Padilla in the Union of Writers, where he had read ""Provocaciones"". Both were accused of ""counterrevolutionary activities"" against the government, but she was only held incommunicado for three"
"Rosa López Rosa María López Cortés, (; born 14 January 1981, Láchar, Granada, Spain), is a Spanish singer. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the Spanish reality television talent show ""Operación Triunfo"", which she won. She represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She has subsequently released seven studio albums, a DVD and several singles. She has won awards on several occasions throughout her musical career. These include the 2003 Cadena Dial Award for ""Best Artist of the Year"" and the Antena de Oro 2006. Rosa María López Cortés was born in Peñuelas, Láchar (Granada) on"
"he decided to migrate to Los Angeles, California as did the rest of the band. Their single ""Nasaan Ka?"" was released in June 2014. Arespacochaga and singer-actress Geneva Cruz were married on 16 December 1995 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The couple has one child together. After three years the union ended. He has two other children by other relationships. Paco Arespacochaga Enrico Luis Victor ""Paco"" Santos Arespacochaga (born 21 July 1971) is a musician and songwriter. He is the drummer of the Filipino pop-rock band Introvoys. Aside from receiving numerous Gold and Multi-Platinum awards, he also received the Guillermo Mendoza"
"Maria de Barros Maria de Barros (born February 3, 1961 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer most associated with Cape Verde, the land of her parents. Growing up in Nouakchott, Mauritania, she moved to the United States at the age of 11, living in Providence, Rhode Island in her youth with her four siblings, and connecting more closely with her heritage in the local Cape Verdean community. She is married to, Mel Wilson Jr., a bassist with Toots and the Maytals. She considers Cesária Évora to be her godmother and an inspiration. Her music thus has Morna influences, but she"
"1956 he married Monique Frasca-Colombier. In 1972 he founded the Paul Kuentz Chorus. Over the years Kuentz befriended and performed with some of the leading musicians of the day, including cellist/conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, with whom he recorded a disc of Baroque harp concertos for Deutsche Grammophon in 1989. Among Kuentz's earlier recordings was his acclaimed two-CD set on Pierre Verany of the St. John Passion in 1987. Further successful Bach recordings followed, as well as a spate of others for various labels. Kuentz often recorded with other orchestras, or in rare instances with his own as"
"from Santiago de Cuba]] [[Category: The Wailers members]] [[Category: Recipients of the Order of Distinction]] [[Category: Bob Marley]] Rita Marley Alpharita Constantia ""Rita"" Marley, OD (née Anderson; born 25 July 1946), is a Cuban-born Jamaican singer and the widow of Bob Marley. She was a member of the vocal group the I Threes, along with Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, who gained recognition as the backing vocalists for Bob Marley and the Wailers. Rita was born in Santiago de Cuba, to Leroy Anderson and Cynthia ""Beda"" Jarrett. She grew up in the upper level of Beachwood Avenue, located in Kingston,"
"married for the second time Alicia Vera, a young officer of Carabineros, who came from Santiago; they had four sons, Luis Felipe, Pedro, Pablo and Juan. In 1975, he left for Caracas to enter a new stage of his career playing bolero, alternating his labor commitments between Venezuela and Chile. In the 1980s, he tried to relaunch his career in Chile by making several shows in , led by , without reaching the fame enjoyed in the 1970s. In the early 90s, Landáez re-acquired relevance when he was invited to participate in a new version of his classic ""(Los Cien"
"14 January 1981 to Eduardo López and Francisca Cortés. She was raised in the town of Peñuelas with her parents and her three brothers. Rosa started singing at weddings, baptisms, communions and celebrations for the people of Granada over the weekends with her younger brother at the piano and her father. She was a member of several orchestras, and later created the Trio Roxa. In September 2001, Rosa auditioned for new reality-show ""Operación Triunfo"" and she was selected to enter the show's academy. On 22 October 2001, at the age of 20, she became one of the 16 contestants of"
"his hit songs there is ""But If You Leave Me"" (1977). In 2006, his wife Rocío Dúrcal died of cancer. Her children became involved in controversial court battles over her inheritance. The family eventually reconciled after Carmen's wedding. On 22 November 2007, his father, Antonio Morales Majó was Spanish, died of anemia, aged 91. His mother, Carmen Barretto Valdés was Filipino, died in 2012, aged 97. On 15 April 2014, Junior was found dead on his bed in Torrelodones, Spain. His daughter, Carmen, first arrived at the scene after he did not answer any of her repeated phone calls, and"