Luis Mariano

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Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano

Mariano Eusebio González y García (August 13, 1914 - July 14, 1970) aka Luis Mariano was a Spanish Basque popular tenor who reached celebrity in 1946 with « La belle de Cadix » (« The Beautiful Lady of Cadix ») an operetta by Francis Lopez.

Luis Mariano was born in Irun, Spain on August 13, 1914. His family moved to France at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

His music is featured prominently in the 1996 Belgian film Le Huitième Jour in which he is played by Laszlo Harmati during hallucination scenes.

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