Manolo Escobar

Manuel García Escobar (born 19 October 1931 in Almeria, Spain, † October 24, 2013 in Benidorm, Spain), better known under the name Manolo Escobar, was a Spanish singer of Andalusian and Spanish coplas. In several musical films, he also worked as an actor. 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 devoted his mother's song " little Mother María del Carmen ". At the age of 14, he went along with his brothers, to Barcelona. There he worked as an apprentice in various crafts. Escobar began his career in show room of Badalona (Barcelona ) and the district of Raval in Barcelona. Together with his brothers Salvador and Baldomero he appeared as the " Manolo Escobar group and their guitars " on. With the success of the group, another brother, Juan Gabriel, joined the group.

In 1959 Manolo Escobar married a German. The wedding took place in Cologne. They met the two in a resort on the Costa Brava. Escobar and his wife adopted a daughter later. The song "Mi pequeña flor", Spanish for " My little flower," Manolo Escobar dedicated to his adopted daughter.

Manolo Escobar played in 1962 with Rocio Jurado in the film Los guerrillas. By 1979, appeared from then on, every year at least one movie in which Manolo Escobar played the male lead role. His last film, Todo es posible en Granada, came in 1983 in the Spanish cinema.

He was mainly comes through the song Y viva España, the Belgian by composer Leo Caerts and the text author Leo Rozenstraten, famous. From the same LP 6 million units were sold in the original version, reprints in another 10 million until 1992 she was the best-selling LP in the Spanish music history. In addition, he was known as a popular interpreter of the copla Andaluza.

Discography

• Los guerrilleros (1963 )
• Espigas y Amapola (1964 )
• El ángel de la guarda (1965 )
• Aquel hijo (1966 )
• Pero ... ¿ En que pais vivimos? (1967)
• Éxitos de peliculas (1967 )
• Mi novia (1968 )
• Canciones de sus peliculas (1969 )
• Brindis (1969 )
• Navideños Aires (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 )
• Nina Bonita (1976 )
• Selección del Cancionero Antologica Español Vol.I, II, III (1976-1977)
• La mujer es un buen negocio (1977 )
• Calor (1977 )
• Mis mejores canciones (1977 )
• De las peliculas esta noche y Préstemela 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, Manolo siempre (1981 )
• Mi pequeña flor, Vanessa ( Especial rack) (1981 )
• Donde mi niño eStara (1981 )
• Los grandes Pasodobles cantados (1982 )
• Te quiero mucho Papá (1982 )
• Coraje (1983 )
• Sevilla casi ná (1984 )
• Miel de Amores (1985 )
• Exitos de ayer y hoy (1985 )
• Vive la vida (1986 )
• Suspiros de España ( 1987)
• 20 Éxitos (1988 )
• 30 aniversario (1988 )
• Por Pasodobles, por sevillanas (1989 )
• 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