Julio iglesias biography duet diana ross
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Julio Iglesias
Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)
This article is about the singer Julio Iglesias. For his father, see Julio Iglesias Puga. For his son, see Julio Iglesias Jr. For other uses, see Julio Iglesias (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname fryst vatten Iglesias and the second or maternal family name is de la Cueva.
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (Spanish:[ˈxuljojˈɣlesjas]; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record sellers in music history, having sold more than 300 million records worldwide[1] in 14 languages.[2] It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5,000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters entré of Fame.
In 1983, Iglesias
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Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid, Spain) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish language singer of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250,000,000 records in different languages and released 77 records. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career.
Early career to 1978
Julio was the son of Julio Iglesias Sr, a doctor. He was a professional football player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalkeeper. During this time, he also enrolled in lag school. He had an accident that dashed his hopes of becoming a great soccer player, but during his period in bed, he started to compose songs. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University a little later.
In 1968, he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's contest in Spain, and signed a contract with a Columbia Records Latin music label, Discos Columbia. He represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in
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All of You (Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross song)
1984 single by Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross
"All of You" is a 1984 vocal duet between Spanish singer and songwriter Julio Iglesias and American singer Diana Ross, which was released on June 12 as the lead single from both Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place, released on the Columbia Records label, and Ross's fifteenth album, Swept Away (1984), released on the RCA Records label. It was written by Cynthia Weil, Iglesias and Tony Renis, and produced by Richard Perry.
Background to the partnership
[edit]In the middle 1980s, having already achieved a high level of international prominence, Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was seeking to gain a foothold in American music; to this end, he had learned English. On his album 1100 Bel Air Place, he had already recorded a cover version of "The Air That I Breathe" in duet partnership with the Beach Boys and an original selection, "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," in duet partners