Francisco Javier Krahe de Salas (30 March 1944 – 12 July 2015) was a Spanish singer active from 1980.

Biography

Krahe was born in distrito de Salamanca,

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. He studied at Colegio del Pilar, where he began his studies in business administration, but later dropped out to work in film as production assistant. During his military service, he met his future wife, Annick, and traveled with her to

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, where he started working as songwriter. He signed with the label

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. He was influenced by

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' and Leonard Cohen's work. His brother Jorge provided music to his lyrics. He later returned to Spain.

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helped him to work in ''La Aurora'', where he met

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and Alberto Pérez. As a trio, they recorded ''La mandrágora''. He also worked at TVE on the television show ''Si yo fuera presidente'' ("If I Were President"). He died of a

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on 12 July 2015 in Zahara de los Atunes,

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Discography

* '' Valle de lágrimas'' (1980) * ''

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'' (with

and Alberto Pérez) (1981) * '' Aparejo de fortuna'' (1984) * '' Corral de cuernos'' (1985) * '' Haz lo que quieras'' (1987) * '' Elígeme'' (live) (1988) * '' Sacrificio de dama'' (1993) * '' Versos de tornillo'' (1997) * '' Dolor de garganta'' (1999) * '' Cábalas y cicatrices'' (live) (2002) * '' ...Y todo es vanidad'' (Tribute to Javier Krahe) (2004) * '' Cinturón negro de karaoke'' (2006) * '' Querencias y extravíos'' (live) (2007) * '' Toser y Cantar'' (2010) * '' Las diez de últimas'' (2013) * '' En el Café Central de Madrid'' (live CD + DVD) (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krahe, Javier 1944 births 2015 deaths Spanish singer-songwriters People from Madrid Singers from Madrid 20th-century Spanish musicians