José José

José José ( born February 17, 1948 in Azcapotzalcos, today Mexico City as José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz ) is a former Mexican pop singer who sold a two-digit million number of plates ( the LA Times prized 1996 sales to 30 million ) and six times for the Grammy nominated, but his life with alcohol and drug problems noticed that eventually hurt even his voice.

Life

Hailing from a family of musicians, José had his first singing engagements as a teenager. In 1966 he played bass on the bossa nova and jazz band " Los PEG". His solo debut was 1969 " Cuidado " and in 1970 he became acquainted with his song El Triste nationwide. In the following years he was a big star that he even got in 1974 by Frank Sinatra an offer to a duet, but he could not accept due to contractual obligations. After one of his hits, he was declared a " Príncipe ( de la canción ) ". His 1983 album Secretos is considered his most successful, according to a conservative estimate, it sold four million times. José also acted in several films such as Gavilán o Paloma and Perdóname Todo with. From the 90s, his voice made for more and health problems became more frequent, in recognition of his life's work, he was again declared at the Latin Grammys 2005 "Man of the Year".