By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone
By now he would be barely eighty years old, eagerly awaiting August to celebrate his birthday in the heart of the Spanish summer. He would surely look much younger than Willie Nelson himself, already 92, and still touring with his music. Perhaps, if we really let our imaginations run wild, He could be making a veterans' album alongside his contemporary, the Brazilian Roberto Carlos, who is currently on tour, and it wouldn't be difficult for him to meet in one of those chance encounters that the entertainment world always brings, I could have met Barbra Streisand and convinced her to form a historic bilingual duo. Surely one of the best Iberian voices in history would still be making headlines these days, if on April 16, 1973, without even having turned thirty, he had not suffered a tragic car accident. Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis, better known as Nino Bravo, undeniably left a void in the history of pop music that has been impossible to fill to this day.
The Valencian artist had resounding success not only in Spain but also in much of Latin America, where he undertook several tours. One of his most special anecdotes was when he was in Bogotá. In the Colombian capital, he was arrested because of a law that required all foreign artists to give a free, open-air concert in the auditorium. The Half Cake. At that time, the artist was not only obligated to perform, but also to assume the total costs of his presentation, which entailed a certain financial loss. After paying the fine imposed by the Colombian government, the artist was able to leave the country.
Nino Bravo remains one of the most listened-to Spanish-speaking artists on both sides of the Atlantic. More than 1.5 million listeners still tune in to their songs on Spotify every month., having among her favorites Free, I love you, I love you, Noelia And, of course, A kiss and a flower, with over 115 million views. This last one is also one of the most covered songs in the Latin world, where we find cumbia, ranchera, pop, and rock interpretations, in every imaginable tone and style. As a bit of afternoon entertainment, To accompany the original recording by the Valencian artist, we have chosen 10 covers of this composition, made in Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the United States and Uruguay., with varying degrees of success and to the delight (or suffering) of our readers. This list includes Fito Paéz and his recording of electronic textures for his album Songs for Aliens, the pop of the unstoppable Paulina Rubio, and a punk blast made by Trotsky will avenge, adding to that ballads, metal moments, reggae and some folk.
In short, regardless of the fact that this is not a special date on the calendar of tributes to Nino Bravo, But in the contradictory and rebellious spirit of Zonagirante.com, We undertook this task without excuses to remember a great man who sadly left us far too soon. Surely the world would be a little more joyful if we still had his amazing voice among us.
