Juan Pablo Torres Amaya, known by his stage name Pablo Ríos (26 June 1933 – 10 January 2006), was a Salvadoran romantic singer.

Biography

Juan Pablo Torres Amaya was born on 26 June 1933 in

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, San Vicente, El Salvador. At the age of 13, he began his passion of singing to women, generally singing romantic

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, and

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. He won first place at the Central American and Caribbean Song Festival three times in a row, winning the first with his song ''Odio''. To celebrate 50 years of his music, various radio stations and Channel 10 aired special programs with his music. He died to

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on 10 January 2006 in the Zacamil Hospital in

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, El Salvador.

Albums

*''52 Años de Romance'' (1999)

References

1933 births 2006 deaths 20th-century Salvadoran male singers {{singer-stub