El Potito, (born Antonio Vargas Cortés in Seville in 1976) is a Spanish flamenco and new flamenco singer. He has been hailed as a "young singer tipped to be following in the footsteps of El Camaron."

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said he has a "prodigious voice capable of hitting incredibly high notes, ndwas an overnight sensation in the world of flamenco." From a child at the age of 10, he began acting, singing and flamenco dancing on the tourist boats on the

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. As a teenager, collaborated with acclaimed artists such as

Paco de Lucía Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (;), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flame ...

Zyryab ''Zyryab'' is a 1990 album by flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía and his sextet. It features jazz pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Manolo Sanlúcar. The album is named after Ziryab, a 9th-century Arab artist who is credited with introducing the A ...

"). By 1996 he had already released two albums with collaborations with

Vicente Amigo Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist, born in Guadalcanal near Seville. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers Camarón de la Isla, and Luis de Córdoba, an ...

and others. He has since performed in a large number of performances internationally, collaborating in performances of Joaquin Cortes and

Sara Baras Sara Pereyra Baras (born April 25, 1971) is a Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer born in San Fernando (Cádiz) who has established her own dance company. Biography Sara was born in San Fernando, in the province of Cádiz, in 1971, wher ...

, and is a singer in the

Tomatito José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito (born Fondón, 1958), is a Spanish roma flamenco guitarist and composer. Having started his career accompanying famed flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla (with Paco de Lucía), he has made a number of ...

group. Altogether he has released six albums, the last of which is ''Macandé''.

Discography

;Contributing artist * '' The Rough Guide to Flamenco'' (1997,

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References

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