Antonio Flores

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Antonio Flores
Birth name	Antonio González Flores
Born	November 14, 1961(1961-11-14) Madrid, Spain
Died	May 30, 1995 (aged 33) Madrid, Spain
Genre(s)	Pop-rock, flamenco
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, actor
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1980–1995

Antonio González Flores (November 14, 1961 – May 30, 1995) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor.

He was the only male child of singers and actors Antonio González 'El Pescaílla' and Lola Flores. He was the brother of actresses Lolita Flores and Rosario Flores. He was divorced to Ana Villa with whom he had a daughter, Alba.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Filmography
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His first album, Antonio, was released on 1980 and included the hit No dudaría and a cover from Joaquín Sabina's Pongamos que hablo de Madrid. In spite of the now obvious first-class songwriting it was a complete commercial failure. His next two albums, Al caer el sol (1984) and Gran Vía (1988), were as well unnoticed. Despite his unsuccessful attempts he was encouraged to continue his music career by her sister's album De ley (1992) which he had mostly composed and sold smoothly while truly showing his genius skills.

In 1994, thanks to the support of his fellow influencing musicians, he was invited to the Gijón concert from the Mucho más que dos tour where he sang Sólo le pido a Dios along Ana Belén.

Public acknowledgement and commercial success was achieved at last with his album Cosas mías (1995) which was also about to become his last. Shortly after the release of Cosas mías, his mother, Lola Flores, died causing deep sorrow on the sensitive young musician that culminated with his death of a drug overdose only two weeks later.

After his surprising death his innovative songwriting started to gain recognition and lead to numerous tributes and posthumous reissues of his work.