- Cecilia (Spanish singer)
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Name = Cecilia
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Evangelina Sobredo
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Born =October 11 ,1948 Madrid ,Spain
Died =August 2 ,1976 (age 27)Zamora ,Spain
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Associated_acts =Evangelina Sobredo Galanes, known as Cecilia, (
Madrid ,October 11 1948 - Benavente,August 2 1976 ) was a Spanishsinger-songwriter . She took her stage name from a song bySimon and Garfunkel .The daughter of
diplomat s, she spent her childhood in several countries and was raised by an American nun. She attained a bachelor's degree in law in Spain before deciding to dedicate herself to music and composition. Her ironic and lyrical songs, sung in a tiny voice, contributed to the existentialist and feminist movements of Spanish "canción protesta" ("protest songs") of the 1960s and 1970s.She represented Spain in the
OTI festival in 1975 with the song "Amor de medianoche" (Love of Midnight). She died in a road accident in 1976, her corpse being interred in theMadrilenian Cementerio de la Almudena . She had been working on several artistic projects, such as a tribute toRamón del Valle-Inclán , before she died. There have been various posthumous compilations and a re-edition of her songs sung by famous artists likeMerche Corisco ,Miguel Bosé ,Ana Belén ,Manolo Tena andJulio Iglesias in 1996.Singles
*"Expresión" featuring
Nacho Sáez de Tejada (Nuestro Pequeño Mundo ) andJulio Seijas , 1970
*"Mañana/Reuníos", 1970
*"Dama, Dama", "Nada de nada",1972
*"Un ramito de violetas", 1973LPs
*"Cecilia", 1972 CBS" which includes her hits "Dama, Dama", "Nada de nada", "Mi gata Luna", "Fui" or "Señor y dueño".
*"Cecilia 2", 1973 ("Andar", "Cuando yo era pequeña", "Mi ciudad","Me quedaré soltera", "Si no fuera porque...","Un millón de sueños", "Canción de amor", "Me iré de aquí").
*"Un ramito de violetas" ("Un ramito de violetas", "Mi querida España", "Decir adiós" o "Sevilla")
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