Antonio Prieto (Chilean singer)

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Antonio Prieto
Santiago de Chile
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1954–68

Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (26 May 1926 – 14 July 2011)[1] was a Chilean singer and actor.

Also a popular singer, he scored an international 1961 hit with "La novia", mostly known in English-speaking countries as "The Wedding". In 1995 a 20 Greatest Hits CD was released, which included such hits as "La novia" and "El milagro". He also made a very popular Spanish version of a song from the Italian singer Domenico Modugno.

Prieto also sang a popular ballad, "Juan Bobo", in homage to the popular Juan Bobo of Puerto Rican folklore.[2][unreliable source?]

Partial filmography

  • Juan Mondiola (1950)
  • The Two Little Rascals (1961)
  • La novia (1961)
  • La boda (1964)
  • El tímido (1965)
  • La industria del matrimonio
    (1965) - (segment "Romántico")
  • De profesión, sospechosos
    (1966) - Joaquin Frias
  • Eroe vagabondo (1966)

See also

References

  1. ^ Ulloa, Eric; Ponce, David (July 14, 2011). "La música está de duelo: Muere Antonio Prieto, quien inmortalizó "La Novia"" (in Spanish). Emol. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Musica Fusion, Juan Bobo Retrieved 2013-05-29

External links

Media related to Antonio Prieto at Wikimedia Commons