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Julio Jose Iglesias de la Cueva
Born: 23 September 1943
Madrid, Spain
Julio Iglasias had aspirations of being a
professional soccer goalkeeper until a near-fatal car accident. He
spent his recovery learning guitar and writing songs. He was
studying law when he won first prize at the 1968 Festival de la
Canción when he sang his original "La Vida Sigue Igual" ("Life
Continues All The Same"). He was soon signed by Discos Columbia,
and represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1978 he
signed to CBS International, adding to his global distribution. He
has recorded many of his songs in Spanish, French, Italian, German,
Portuguese, and English, adding to his worldwide record sales,
which now amount to over 220 million. He is also the father of
singer Enrique Iglesias.
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