José Miguel Gallardo Vera known by his stage name Miguel Gallardo (September 29, 1950 – November 11, 2005) was a Spanish singer-songwriter. He was once married to the Spanish actress

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. He had a second marriage with the ex Spanish model Elizabeth Irizarry.

Background

Miguel Gallardo started his music career as a songwriter, composing songs for other artists. He started his own career as a singer in 1972 under the alias Eddy Gallardo. His first songs as Eddy Gallardo were "Billy Bom", "Jenny", "Sentimiento", and "Explosion de Amor" all of which were released as singles. One year later, he changed his stage name to Miguel Gallardo and released several singles including "Quédate" which was inspired by

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's poem ''Farewell'' and peaked at number one on the Spanish singles chart. In 1975, Gallardo recorded his first

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''Autorretrato'' which contained the lead single "

Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" ( en, "Today I Have Desire for You ") is a song written and performed by Spanish singer-songwriter Miguel Gallardo. It was released in 1976 as the lead single from his debut studio album ''Autorretrato''. The song is abou ...

" and was released by

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. Gallardo died from

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in 2005 and his remains were

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallardo, Miguel 1950 births 2005 deaths Singers from Andalusia Spanish male singer-songwriters Spanish singer-songwriters People from Granada Deaths from cancer in Spain 20th-century Spanish singers 20th-century Spanish male singers Deaths from kidney cancer