Camilo Sesto

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Camilo Sesto

Camilo Blanes Cortés (born September 16, 1946) better known in the entertainment world as Camilo Sesto is a native of Alcoi, a Valencian city located in the province of Alicante, who enjoyed fame as a singer during the 1970s and the 1980s. Probably the most prominent male voice of Spanish pop music 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 Webber's musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 1975, Sesto began to gain fame as a singer. Year after year, he reached the top of the charts all over Latin America and in Spain, leaving us classics like Algo de mí (1972), Melina (1975), a song about Melina Mercouri and Perdóname (1981), the latter being his most successful hit. During that period, he amassed great fortune.

In the 1980s, Sesto became more and more reclusive, especially after his son was born in 1983 by a Mexican fan. The mystery surrounding him and his effeminate manners brought on a lot of gossip and controversy about his person. He was then nicknamed The Spanish Michael Jackson by the press.

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

His last musical work was the singing of Bujalance football team hymn (a Spanish football team).

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