Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez (born 20 November 1934 in

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) is a Spanish singer and musician. He never composed his own lyrics, but used famous poems, like those of

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or Miguel Hernández. He also sang compositions from

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Life

He went to France in 1952 and recorded his first album in 1964. During the events in France of May 1968, he performed in the

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and became known as a rebel artist.

Early life

The youngest of four siblings, he was born to a

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father and a

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mother. He spent his first years in Barcelona, only returning there in 1994 after a long exile; his family had had to flee to

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after the

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due to his father's membership of the anarcho-syndicalist CNT union. They lived in

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until the beginning of the German occupation of France, when his father was arrested and deported to an internment camp for Spanish

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prisoners. His mother took their four children back to San Sebastián to find work, and they lived together in her family's ancestral home in Aduna, Guipuzkoa, until he was 14.

Discography

*Paco Ibanez Vol.1 (1964) *Paco Ibanez Vol.2 (1967) *Paco Ibanez Vol.3 (1969) *A Flor de Tiempo (1978) *Canta Brassens (1979) *Por Una Cancion (1990) *Oroitzen (1999) *Canta a Jose A Goytisolo (2002) *Fue Ayer (2003)

Live

*En el Olympia (1969) *A galopar (1991)

References

External links

Official site

Music CityComplete discography

Video in Valldoreix (Barcelona)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibanez, Paco 1934 births Living people University of Paris people People from Valencia Musicians from the Valencian Community Spanish musicians