Actress and singer incarnita polo, One of the most important figures in pop and copla music in the sixties and seventies, who triumphed with his well-known song “Paco, Paco, Paco” died on Friday at the age of 86 In Avila, according to sources close to the family.
Your daughter, Raquel Weitzman Polo informed her acquaintances of the death He asked for respect and privacy for the family In these sensitive moments
incarnita polo, Singer and actress Born in Seville in 1939, she was well known in the country The sixties and seventies Thanks to his success with flamenco pop music, This is a method that she herself promoted. When he was only ten years old, he won a radio competition due to his love of music, and two years later he moved to Barcelona. There it started Build your career Performing at festivals in many Catalan municipalities and in neighboring cinemas with continuous sessions and double programmes.
His big chance came 1963, When he appears in television Spanish It brought her to fame. In addition, he recorded his first album with songs such as: “Dawn Song” and “On the beach”which they followed”Broken dream and ‘I love you’.
In 1965, the singer released her songs “Andalusian, “Long Street” and “1000 hours”, This last song was submitted to the Mediterranean Song Festival. At that time, the singer participated in successful music programs TVE like ‘Monday friendsOr “Saturday night” or “time”. His screenings were followed in Portugal, France and Italy, a country where he won first prize at the 1964 RAI Festival for his film. “Napoli vs. Totti.”
Since 1967 it has been “Bonnie and Clyde song” With which he achieved important recording successes that followed “You Don’t Know Nothing About Life” and “Falling in Love.” At the end of the sixties, with the help of her husband, the Argentine composer Adolfo Weissman, He took a new turn in his musical career with works in it He combined flamenco and pop.
From this merger arose in 1969 the new version of “Pippa Bandera”, Which became his huge hit, number one on the music charts at the time. And in the year 1970 he got it Second biggest record with “Paco, Paco, Paco”, Who followed him “Ole”, With which the singer definitively established herself in the movement then called “Flamenco Pop”.
He was selected to compete in TVE Game Show “Passport to Dublin” by Valerio Lazarov between 1971 and 1972 recorded many songs that were popular at that time. She also performed the lyrical version of the tune, which her husband composed Adolfo Weitzman For the TV series “This Man in Black” starring the late actor José Luis López Vásquez. After him Marital separation He left the shows temporarily and later recorded the album “Desperté”.
In 1982 he released the LP Encarna Polo, and ten years later, in 1992, CD”Incarnate, A collection of his most famous songs. your disk ‘crazy’, to 1998 was one of his last recordings. Since then, his professional activity has declined significantly, although he was a beloved popular face and invited to television shows.
In November 2012, the singer became one of those affected by the crisis to cheat Of preferred stock bankia case, Loss of 70 thousand euros “I didn’t know what these things were; I thought they were a VIP client and my money was fixed term. Now I lost all my savings. Then he announced to a magazine: “Suddenly I see myself with nothing and no decorations.”
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