Seville actress and singer Encarnita Polo, one of the most important figures in pop music and singer of the 60s and 70s who triumphed with her famous song Baku, Baku, BakuHe died this month at the age of 86 in Avila, where he lived the last few years with his wife, and EFE said he was close to the family.
The National Police informed in a message sent to the media that a death occurred this month in the home of Decanos de Avila that is being investigated by the Regional Brigade of the Judicial Police. Sources close to the investigation explained to EFE that the deceased was Encarnita Polo and that it was another citizen who attacked her, which led to her death. The pork attacker is an octogenarian who showed no signs of aggression and was admitted to a psychiatric service after the attack.
Her daughter, Raquel Weitzman Polo, announced her death to her loved ones and asked for respect and privacy for her family in these sensitive moments. “She was a strong, cheerful woman with a unique personality,” you can read in a statement sent to the media, which said that the deceased was “an unforgettable singer and actress, a pioneer of flamenco music, whose voice and personality marked several generations.”
Encarnita Polo was born in Seville on January 22, 1943 into a large family, but she grew up in Barcelona, where her mother moved after her father died. Allí started out in the world of song with the help of dancer Antonio Marin.
On the advice of French singer Charles Aznavour, she abandoned her Andalusian repertoire in the early 1960s to become a pop singer. In 1963 he recorded his first album with themes such as: Dawn song y About the beachwhich followed Broken vein y Oh what do you want?.
He edited his songs in 1965 Andalusian, Larga kali y 1000 hoursthe last topic with the person who performed at the Mediterranean Song Festival. At that time, the singer participated in successful TVE music shows such as Moon Friends, Saturday night the time. His performances continued in Portugal, France, and Italy, a country where in 1964 he won first prize at the RAI Arts Festival. Napoli vs Totti.
As its popularity increased, it was soon shown on television and in cinema. In 1965, he made his film debut in the musical directed by Domenico Modugno Scaramouche. She also competed in Italy in four-wheel drive racing Westerners In 1966 he starred in the film in Spain 07 with 2 frontUnder the supervision of Ignacio F. Equino. Since 1967 I have been Bonnie and Clyde songWith which he achieved important record successes and continued You don’t know anything about life y Al in love.
At the end of the sixties, during which I was his wife, Argentine composer Adolfo Wiseman took a new turn in his musical career with works that combined flamenco and pop. From this merger, the new version of Pippa BanderaWhich became a huge number one hit on the music charts at the time.
In 1970 he had his second major hit record with Baku, Baku, Bakuwhich followed Welcomethrough which the singer was definitively entrenched in the movement then called flamenco pop. He was selected to compete in the TVE competition show Passport to DublinBetween 1971 and 1972, Valerio Lazarov recorded many songs that were popular at the time. Furthermore, she performed the singing version of the tune that her husband Adolfo Weitzman composed for the TV series This senor is black, Which starred the late actor Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez. After his marital breakup, he was temporarily unable to perform and subsequently recorded an album I wake up.
In 1982 he released an LP Encarna Polo He told it years later, in 1992, on CD Our denialA collection of his most famous songs. your disk Lucafrom 1998, was one of his last recordings. Since then, his professional activity has declined significantly, although he was a popular and well-liked face and invited to TV shows.
In November 2012, he discovered that he was one of the people affected by Bankia’s preferences and confirmed that he had lost significant money. In the past few years, I have been deprived of my means of communication and treated for cancer.
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