Mexican singer Gabriel - Latin "Elvis"

The charming melodies of his songs I want to listen and listen. They simply fascinate and take to the world of dreams, causing real, sincere feelings. Juan Gabriel is the symbol of the musical Mexico of the last century, the world's most famous Mexican singer, producer, composer and actor. He sang in the style of Latin American ballads and ranchero. And how he sang!

Heart, given to people

To the great regret, the legendary singer Juan Gabriel no longer pleases fans with his creativity - he died because of a heart attack on August 28, 2016 in Santa Monica (USA, California) at the age of 66 in his residence, where he lived in recent years. He left full of creative forces.

Only a few days before his death, Juan Gabriel in Los Angeles gave a concert in front of a huge audience of 17 thousand spectators. This concert took place within the framework of the singer's world tour that had just started. It had to continue until winter. Singer Gabriel (real name - Alberto Aguilera Valades) and on the day of his death had to perform a concert in the city of El Paso, Texas. But this holiday for fans of talent of the great musician was not destined to take place. Now it remains for them to listen to songs performed by their beloved singer only in the recording ...

Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, then expressed in his microblog in "Twitter" condolences to Juan Gabriel's family and friends and wrote that he regrets the death of a talented fellow countryman, calling him one of the country's greatest singers.

Condolence over the death of the great musician was expressed by other politicians, among whom was Barack Obama, then the US president. Mourning and many artists.

When the singer Gabriel died, photos of him were published on social networks by many friends of musician and actor, both from Mexico and from other countries of the world, fans and friends shared links to records of his songs and clips.

The public favorite with a magical voice

Especially the singer Gabriel is known in Latin America, but his work was admired and fans from all over the world continue to do it. And even now, when Juan Gabriel is no longer with us, his beautiful voice can not leave any heart indifferent.

The world-famous Mexican singer Juan Gabriel not only sang, but also wrote his songs - he created more than a thousand works. Perhaps the most popular of his songs is melodic and touching the soul of Hasta que te conoci ("Until I met you").

He was also an actor

Singer Gabriel, like every talented person, was talented not only in music - he not only wrote and performed songs, but also starred in several films. The audience first became acquainted with the work of Juan Gabriel as an actor back in the early 80's. Then at one of the film festivals in Moscow, a film was shown with his participation under the title "Noah Noah". So the script called the disco, with which the young singer began his road to popularity.

Singer Gabriel. Biography

A musician was born in the town of Paracuaro (Mexico) in 1950. His parents were simple peasants. In addition to him, his father and mother had nine daughters and sons, Alberto was the youngest. As a teenager, the future singer and composer loved the guitar and learned to play virtuoso on this instrument. As a 13-year-old boy, Valadez wrote the first song.

Soon the real popularity came to the boy - he got his first engagement. It happened, it was in one of the local bars. Inspired by success, Alberto decided to try his luck in the capital. And soon the young singer moved to Mexico City. In 1971, Alberto Aguilera Valadez came up with a stage name for himself - Juan Gabriel, under which later he became a world-famous musician. Soon the singer and composer celebrated the release of his first album under the poetic title "Young Soul" (El Alma Joven). And immediately - success.

One of the songs of this disc for quite a long time kept on the top line of the local hit parade. Then one by one the singer recorded several more CDs with his own songs. So the popularity of the singer and composer was born, which was destined to become known not only in his own country, but all over the world. His songs were played on the radio, they were performed by popular Mexican singers, real music stars.

The legacy of the singer

During his 40-year musical career, singer Gabriel wrote almost two thousand songs. In the world sold more than 100 million entries by Juan Gabriel. The singer managed to give more than 8,000 unforgettable concerts all over the world. He was nominated for the Grammy Award 11 times. Juan Gabriel also has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. In Mexico, many of the musician's songs are perceived as part of the national culture. The songs of the composer and performer are translated into many languages of the world, including Russian. With pleasure they sing and cover cover versions of his hits with hundreds of other singers of different nationalities. For them, Gabriel - a sample of the singer and composer.

Despite the fact that Juan Gabriel was a favorite of women, he was never married. But the musician had children. They left him four.