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Camilo Blanes Cortés (born September 16 1946) better known in the entertainment world as Camilo Sesto is a native of Alcoy, in the Spanish province of Alicante, who enjoyed fame as a singer during the 1970s and the 1980s. Probably the most prominent Spanish male voice at that time, he became famous for his powerful, carefully arranged ballads.

Sesto sang in two pop bands during the 1960s and won a contest in a Madrid TV show. He also played a part in the Spanish filming of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Later, he teamed up with singer and producer Juan Pardo . Together, they wrote a few songs that went unnoticed.

In 1970, Sesto moved to Los Angeles and started to learn English. After successfully starring in the Spanish version of Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i, Sesto began to gain fame as a singer. Year after year, he reached the top of the charts all over Latin AmericaLatin America consists of the countries of South America and North America (including Central America and the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken there. Most freque and in Spain, leaving us classics like Algo de mí ( 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un), Melina ( 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i) and Perdóname ( 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D), the latter being his most successful hit. During that decade, he amassed great fortune.

During the 1980s, Sesto became more and more reclusive, especially after his son was born in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu by a MexicanThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co fan. The mystery surrounding him and his effeminate manners brought on a lot of gossip and controversy about his person. Someone nicknamed him The Spanish Michael Jackson!.

After recovering from liver transplant, in 2003 he managed to make a short comeback with his album Alma, surprising the audience with the deliberately kitsch song Mola mazo (It rulez) in an exercise of self-assertion.

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