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Massiel

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Massiel (real name Maria de los Angeles Santamaria Espinosa) is a Spanish singer. She was born on August 2, 1947 in Madrid but her parents were from Asturias. His father Emilio was a renowned artist manager. Her cuban ballet teacher put María the nickname of Massiel. She made her debut in 1966 with Di que no, considered as one of the first protest songs in Spain, a genre that would increase its popularity till the end of the Franco's dictatorship. She gained inmediately success with hits like Rosas en el mar, Rufo el Pescador or Aleluya nº1 and appearances in song contests like Vina del Mar, Majorca and Rome. She also made films like Vestida de novia and codo con codo. All her songs had compromised lyrics so she was then catalogued as a protest singer. During the 1968 spring she was touring Mexico when Spanish Television called her urgently to represent Spain in the 13th Eurovision Song Contest due to the withdrawal of Joan Manuel Serrat who wanted to sing in catalan the song La, la, la. Serrat announced his intention just 15 days before going to London, so Massiel had to came back to Madrid, record the song in Spanish, English, French and German, appear in some european tv stations and go to Paris to buy a costume designed by Courrèges specially for the Contest. Eventually, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song La, la, la, which earned 29 points, beating out famous British pop crooner Cliff Richard, who placed second that year with Congratulations....

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