Gualberto Castro
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| Gualberto Castro | |
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 Although Gualberto Castro has won numerous awards for singing, he has also appeared in movies and television programs. |
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| Born | Gualberto Antonio Castro Levario July 12, 1934 Mexico City, Distrito Federal |
| Other name(s) | Guales |
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Gualberto Antonio Castro (July 12, 1934, born on Saint Juan Gualberto day, (St. John Gualbert, in English) in Mexico City) is a Mexican / singer entertainer best known for singing with Los Hermanos Castro [1] ("The Castro Brothers") and for hosting the television program La Carabina de Ambrosio. Castro began singing at an early age. He and his family lived in the colonia Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico; fortunately a singing teacher, Alejandro Algara, lived in the same building. “My father studied singing with the Algara; my father had a superior tenor voice,” said Castro. “In those days, opera was what was studied, but I chose romantic ballads because it was what my father sang and I began listening to his music very early in life,” Castro continued. Although Castro's father, Antonio, did not sing professionally, he did write some of Castro's songs.
[edit] Biography
Castro began his artistic career as a backup dancer when he was 14 years old in the Teatro Blanquita, located in downtown Mexico City, Mexico. Later, he joined cousins Arturo, Jorge, and Javier Castro to form Los Hermanos Castro. The singing quartet toured the United States and entertained in Las Vegas, Nevada, for many years. Los Hermanos Castro were famous for their four part harmony with Gualberto’s tenor singing lead. They recorded numerous albums; one of their most famous hits, “Yo Sin Ti”, written and arranged by Arturo Castro, became a popular song throughout Mexico and South America. Recently CBS has released a composite CD / DVD of Los Hermanos Castros singing and performing live filmed and recorded during the 1960's.
When returning to Mexico, Los Hermanos Castro broke up, each successfully going his separate way in music. Gualberto embarked on a solo career, recording one album a year and appearing in numerous night clubs, theaters, movies and television; he was a long time emcee for the “La Carabina de Ambrosio” a popular weekly television show during the early 1980s. He entered and won the OTI (Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana) award twice and has received numerous awards and honors from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and the United States. Most recently he received a lifetime award for entertaining from the ANDA (Accociacion Nacional de Actores). On August 22, 2007, Gualberto celebrated 60 years as a singer / entertainer. [2][3]Watch and listen to Gualberto Castro sing "Que Mal Amada Estas."[4]Gualberto Castro sings the winning song at the Festival OTI 1975 [5]
