Julio Iglesias - Un Canto A Galicia • TopPop

Julio Iglesias, born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva on September 23, 1943, in Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Before becoming a singer, he was a professional football goalkeeper for Real Madrid Castilla, but a serious car accident in 1963 ended his sports career and inspired him to focus on music during his recovery. Iglesias went on to sell more than 300 million records worldwide in fourteen languages, making him one of the bestselling solo artists in music history. It is estimated that during his career he has performed in more than 5000 concerts, for over 60 million people in five continents. In April 2013, Iglesias was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. One of his most beloved songs was “Un Canto a Galicia,” released in 1972. The emotional ballad was sung partly in Galician and paid tribute to the Spanish region of Galicia and its emigrants around the world. The single became an enormous international success, especially in Spain, Latin America, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The song reached No. 1 in Spain, Belgium, and several South American countries, while also becoming a Top 10 hit in the Netherlands and Germany. “Un Canto a Galicia” sold more than one million copies worldwide. Iglesias first gained fame after winning the Benidorm International Song Festival in 1968 with “La Vida Sigue Igual”. During the 1970s and 1980s he became a global superstar with hits such as “Manuela”, “Hey!”, “Quijote”, “Begin the Beguine”, “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” with Willie Nelson, “Quiereme” (on our channel), “Amor” (on our channel), “El Amor (La Tendressa)” (on our channel), “De Nina A Mujer” (on our channel), “Quiereme Mucho” and “All of You” with Diana Ross. This recording is from the Dutch tv program "TROS Internationaal” and broadcast on June 24, 1972. Watch our great music videos ❯ https://goo.gl/feVLNN More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ https://goo.gl/X9FOAU More info on Wikipedia ❯ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopPop Broadcast date: June 24, 1972. This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.