Camilo Sesto
Spanish singer (1946–2019)
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- Camilo Blanes Cortés (16 September 1946 – 8 September 2019), known professionally as Camilo Sesto , was a Spanish singer.
- However, his official sales would represent more than 2.
- Biographical summary Sesto sang in two pop bands during the 1960s and won a contest in a Madrid television show.
- Later, he teamed up with singer and producer Juan Pardo, but success would come on its own accord, with his own music works.
- He also produced and translated to Spanish the lyrics of an album by the popular Australian rock band Air Supply.
Camilo Blanes Cortés (16 September 1946 – 8 September 2019), known professionally as Camilo Sesto, was a Spanish singer. There are various sales figures for him, ranging from 70 to 200 million records sold, and the singer himself claimed to have sold more than 175 million records. However, his official sales would represent more than 2.8 million copies worldwide, including nearly 900,000 certified.
Biographical summary
Sesto sang in two pop bands during the 1960s and won a contest in a Madrid television show. He played a part in the Spanish filming of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Later, he teamed up with singer and producer Juan Pardo, but success would come on its own accord, with his own music works.
As a composer, Sesto wrote songs for artists such as Ángela Carrasco, Miguel Bosé, Lucía Méndez, Charytín Goyco and José José, among others. He also produced and translated to Spanish the lyrics of an album by the popular Australian rock band Air Supply. Throughout his career, he remained one of the most influential pioneer artists of pop and rock in Spanish, that would inspire many newer acts in the Latin music world as well as across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
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