Name Manuel Alejandro | Music director Perdoname Todo | |
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Albums Ser Grande por Dentro Children Viviana Alvarez Beigbeder Casas, Carlos Beigbeder Awards Latin Recording Academy Trustees Award Similar People Raphael, Jose Jose, Rocio Jurado, Jeanette, Hernaldo Zuniga | ||
Praeludium and allegro manuel alejandro
Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez (born 1933), better known as Manuel Alejandro, is a Spanish composer of Latin love songs, which are better known as ballads. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias,Raphael, Hernaldo Zúñiga, José José, José Luis Rodríguez, Emmanuel, Enrique Guzmán, Isabel Pantoja, Rocío Jurado, Rudy Marquez, and Jeanette, among many others.
Contents
- Praeludium and allegro manuel alejandro
- Soy rebelde de manuel alejandro
- Biography
- Hits of the 60
- Hits of the 1970s and 80s
- Personal life
- References
Soy rebelde de manuel alejandro
Biography
Manuel Alejandro was born in 1933 in Jerez de la Frontera–Cádiz. He is the son of one of Spain's most renowned contemporary symphonists, Germán Álvarez Beigbeder. It was his father, an accomplished musician, professor, and composer, who inspired Manuel Alejandro to pursue music and become a composer.
Hits of the 60
He started writing songs for Spanish singer Raphael during the 1960s. Many of those songs are now considered classics. The list includes such hits as:
Hits of the 1970s and '80s
He continued writing a few songs during the 1970s, but reached his peak in the early 1980s with the release of consecutive albums with songs performed by different international artists. A whole generation grew up listening to songs written by him, although not many knew he was the man behind those hits.
His repertoire of more than 500 songs includes:
Personal life
He has seven children: Javier, Carlos and Patricia with his first wife and Sandra, Beatriz, Marian and Viviana with his second wife.