José María Napoleón Ruiz Narváez (born August 18, 1948) is a Mexican singer and composer.
Life
He arrived from Aguascalientes to Mexico City in 1966. He competed in the national Méxican OTI Festival, the National final to select the Mexican entrant at the main
OTI Festival
OTI Festival ( es, Festival OTI de la Canción, pt, Festival OTI da Canção), often known simply as La OTI, was an international song competition, organised annually between 1972 and 2000 by the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) ...
in
1977
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. Although he ended in the last place with no points, his career went on successfully, turning into a star in Mexico.
Vicente Fernández,
Pepe Aguilar,
Pedro Fernández,
Yuri,
Franck Pourcel
Franck Pourcel (14 August 1913 – 12 November 2000) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor of popular and classical music.
Biography Early life
Born in Marseille, France, Pourcel started learning the violin at the age of six. Later ...
,
Plácido Domingo and
José José, and Rosario De Alba have sung his compositions.
Discography
*"El grillo" (1970)
*"De vez en vez" (1975)
*"Después de tanto" (1976)
*"Vive" (1976)
*"Pajarillo" (1977)
*"Hombre" (1977)
*"Un pedazo de madera" (1977)
*"Porque te quiero andaré" (1977)
*"Recuerdo apagado" (1978)
*"Lo que no fue no será" (1979)
*"Sin tu amor" (1979)
*"Eres" (1980)
*"Treinta años" (1980)
*"Ella se llamaba" (1980)
*"Mientras llueve" (1982)
*"Celos" (1982)
*"Nunca cambies" (1984)
*"Corazón, corazón" (1985)
*"Déjame Amarte De Nuevo" (1974)
External links
Official Website
References
1950 births
Living people
Mexican people of Spanish descent
Mexican bullfighters
Mexican male singers
Mexican people of Basque descent
Mexico in the OTI Festival
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Latin music songwriters
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