Jairo , pseudonym of Mario Rubén González Pierotti (born June 16, 1949), is an

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singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 500 songs in Spanish, French and Italian.Biografía de Jairo
Retrieved February 21, 2016 Among its most widespread songs they are: «Tu alma golondrina», «Por si tú quieres saber», «Tristezas», «De pronto sucedió», «El valle y el volcán», «Si vuelves será cansancio», «Amigos míos me enamoré», «Hoy dejó la ciudad», «Nos verán llegar», «Revólver» and «Me encanta esta hora del día».

Biography

Mario Rubén González Pierotti was born in Cruz del Eje, on June 16, 1949. His beginnings as a singer were at school, where the band "The Twisters Boys" joined and finally adopted the name ''Marito González'' in game shows media hometown. In 1970, together with a friend from high school, he distributed a twelve demo songs to different music producers; thus it managed to record a single disc with two songs. The artist

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sent him a job offer, signing a distribution agreement with

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and moving to Spain. In 1971 he won first ''

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'' and second prize in the Festival of the

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. That same year he was hired by the

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label. With the establishment of the

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in power, he chose to go into exile in Spain and later in France. He recorded with

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in 1981 several songs composed especially for him by Piazzolla himself and the Uruguayan poet

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, among which stands out «Milonga del trovador» and «Hay una niña en el alba». Towards the end of the

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, he returned to Argentina and gave a recital on the

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, where he played to 1.2 million people their version of «

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». Throughout his career, he shared scenarios both their country and hospitalization stages with artists such as:

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, Jaime Torres,

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and

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.Jairo at Discogs
Retrieved February 21, 2016

Discography

* 1965: ''Muy juvenil'' * 1970: ''Emociones'' * 1971: ''Por si tu quieres saber'' * 1973: ''Si vuelves, será cansancio'' * 1974: ''El valle y el volcán'' * 1975: ''Amigos míos, me enamoré'' * 1975: '' Jairo canta a Borges'' * 1976: ''De qué me sirve todo eso'' * 1977: ''Liberté es la nostalgia'' * 1977: ''Guitarra'' * 1978: ''Les plus beaux noel du monde'' * 1979: ''Viva el sol'' * 1979: ''Chansons a regarder'' * 1980: ''Symphonie'' * 1980: ''Jairo'' * 1981: ''Jairo a L’Olimpia'' * 1981: ''Morir enamorado'' * 1981: ''Viviré libre'' * 1981: ''Jairo internacional'' * 1981: ''Mis mejores canciones'' * 1982: ''L’amour au present'' * 1982: ''Todo Jairo'' * 1982: ''Jairo en italiano'' * 1982: ''Este amor es como el viento'' * 1983: ''Serie Oro: Jairo'' * 1984: ''Amor de cada día'' * 1984: ''Le diable'' * 1985: ''Jairo'' * 1986: ''La trace de mes pas'' * 1987: ''Intimidad'' (varios artistas), canción: «Para verte feliz» * 1987: ''Nicaragua'' * 1988: ''Jairo au bataclán'' * 1988: ''Más allá'' * 1990: ''Flechas de neón'' * 1990: ''Revólver'' * 1992: ''Jairo, les plus grands succes'' * 1994: ''Cielos'' * 1995: ''Jairo, 25 años. Volumen I'' * 1996: ''Argentina mía'' * 1996: ''Jairo, 25 años. Volumen II'' * 1997: ''Atahualpa por Jairo'' * 1997: ''Estampitas'' * 1998: ''Borges & Piazzolla'' * 1999: ''La balacera'' * 2000: ''Diario del regreso'' * 2001: ''24 canciones de oro'' * 2001: ''Puro Jairo'' * 2003: ''Jairo canta a Piazzolla'' * 2003: ''Soy Libre'' DVD * 2004: ''El ferroviario'' * 2007: ''Criollo'' * 2009: ''Los enamorados'' * 2011: ''Concierto en Costa Rica (CD + DVD)'' * 2014: ''Propio y Ajeno''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jairo 1949 births Musicians from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine expatriates in France Argentine people of Italian descent 20th-century Argentine male singers Argentine male singer-songwriters Argentine singer-songwriters Spanish-language singers of Argentina French-language singers of Argentina Living people