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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZIGLESIAS, Julio(b 23 Sep. '43, Madrid) Singer. Played goal for Milan FC, then crooned love songs; sales of more than 100 million copies of about 60 LPs in five languages got him in the Guinness Book Of Records: sometimes called the 'Spanish Sinatra', though his best is pedestrian compared to Ol' Blue Eyes. 1100 Bel Air Place '84 sold a million copies in the USA in its first five days, incl. duet with Willie Nelson on 'To All The Girls I've Loved Before'; while he was making his second LP in English Columbia rushed out Hey!, Moments, From A Child To A Woman, two-disc In Concert (all with consecutive catalogue numbers in USA). Others incl. Libra '85, Non Stop '88, Starry Night '90, Calor ('Hot') '92, Crazy '94; the first '84 set remained his biggest US hit. His son Enrique made an eponymous debut which reached the top 200 '96. |