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Paloma Cecilia San Basilio Martínez (born 22 November 1950), known as Paloma San Basilio (), is a Spanish singer. She is a recipient of the
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for her valuable contributions to
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. She has sold over 16 million records throughout her career, with styles that range from melodic songs to pop. She often appeared in various musicals such as the Spanish-language premiere production of
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's ''Evita'' in Madrid. Some other musical theater works include ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Victor/Victoria'', and ''
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''. She announced her retirement in 2013, touring in Europe and America. She is currently doing a symphonic tour in Colombia, where she will be stopping in Armenia, Cali, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Bogotá, Medellín and Manizales as one of her last musical projects in her artistic life.


Life

In the early 1970s, she married the athlete Ignacio Gómez Pellico; they divorced shortly after. She had a daughter from that marriage, Ivana. Paloma later started a relationship with businessman Claudio Rey; they have been together for over 30 years. Paloma prefers to keep her personal and private lives separated. She rarely speaks about her private affairs, yet she is respected by journalists. She has a cordial relationship with the press, and she received the award Premio Naranja in the ‘80s, an award granted by journalists to those public figures with whom they better relate.


Career

Paloma San Basilio was born in
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, lived her childhood in
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and her adolescence in
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. Before she started her artistic career in 1975, she began her studies of
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and
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at the
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but never completed them.


Early years

During the first years of the 70's, she hosted the TV show ''Siempre en domingo'' and worked as an actress in a zarzuela show called ''Divertido siglo''. In 1975 she recorded her first album “Sombras”, which was an international hit including her own songs as well as classic songs like “The Way We Were”, “The Long And Winding Road” or “Feelings”. Her following album, "Dónde vas" (1977) included more dynamic tunes, composed by Bebu Silvettu, and also ballads like "Dónde vas", that gave the record its name and that was pre-selected to represent Spain in the
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in 1977. Her influences are very diverse—from artists like
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,
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or
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to artists that she often listens to in her stay in Seville, like Lola Flores or Gracia Montes, which makes it impossible to categorize her in any musical genre. 23 October 1978, she recorded in the Teatro Monumental in Madrid her album "En Directo", where we can find one of her most popular songs “Beso a Beso… dulcemente”, as well as versions of classic solo international women songs — such as I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin),
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(Barbra Streisand), Parole Parole (Mina) and "Sweet Sadie the Savior" (
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). Also in 1978 the album was republished for the Latin-American fans, including versions like “Ahora” ("Ancora, ancora, ancora", from the Italian singer Mina) and “Sobre el arcoiris”, from The Wizard of Oz (Over the Rainbow) that she recorded in Spanish. She also added a self-written song, “Atardecer”. There were two singles in the album. The first one, “Secretos”, from Bebu Silvetti and Miguel Tottis, is a disco song with high notes. The second one, Beso a beso... dulcemente, which was also the name of the album, became one of her most successful hits and is now a classic in her repertory.


Evita and Eurovision Song Contest

In December 1980 she released the musical ''Evita'' in many theaters like Madrid, Barcelona, San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Ciudad de México, Caracas, Panamá, Santo Domingo, San José, Bogotá, Quito, Lima, Santiago de Chile and Miami with huge success. Paloma's fame was in ascent not only in those countries she visited, but also in those where her play ''Evita'' did not arrive due to political problems, which was the case of Argentina, where a military dictatorship had taken over the country at that time. Her outstanding performance in ''Evita'' made both the character and the actress become closely related. It was released both in a double disc and in a single disc edition.
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himself, one of the authors of the play, praised and depicted Paloma as one of the best Evita's performances. According to the critics of the moment, she created this character such a way, that hat not existed in her predecessors. Again, her vocal abilities were surprising in songs such as "Buenos Aires", "La Nueva Argentina" or "Vals para Eva y Ché". When
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was going to shoot the film, something he never got to do, Paloma was one of the soundest candidates to interpret Eva Perón. ''Evita'' was performed for a two-year period, during which her next two studio albums were released. "Ahora" (1981) increased even more its popularity with songs like the famous "Juntos", "La Hiedra", "Recuerdos (Memory)" (main theme of the musical
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and "El Inmenso" (with arrangements slightly different from the ’78 release). This album is one of the most celebrated of the singer and includes a beautiful photo shoot, made by the photographer Antonio Molina. It meant her return to the discographic world, after a three-year break. "Dama", her following album (1983), became famous for songs like "Dama", "El aire del sábado tarde" and other rhythmic sounds such as "Bailando", "Fiesta del interior" and "Unas vacaciones". Between 1983 and 1984, she started in Puerto Rico a triumphant series of tours throughout Latin America, and on her return to Spain she presented her new work "Paloma", which was already a hit in Latin America with "Por qué me abandonaste" and was one of her best-selling works. Synthesizers and instruments could be heard in this album, that were very common at the time. She was also co-author of several of her themes, something she would often do in the years that were to come. In 1985 she in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " La fiesta terminó", name of her new album composed and produced by
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. By then Eurovision took place in the Swedish city of
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and was an important thing for her career, despite not getting a very high score in the ranking. According to her style, she included versions of classics like " Sin ti" original of the Welsh band
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, "We're All Alone", of
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, adapted with the title "Impaciencia", or "Que Va Que va" (the classic song "Manureva" by
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). Within
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series ''La comedia musical española'' she starred ''Las Leandras'' and ''La Cenicienta del Palace'' and took part in a third TV series, ''El sobre verde'', where she interprets the Fortune Goddess and sings "De una monedita de oro". Those three were published in the collection "La Revista" of
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. Even today, it is usual for Paloma to perform "Los Nardos" in her concerts, a melody included in ''Las Leandras''. She hosted the show "En vivo" at the Teatro Monumental in Madrid, with the release of a successful double album. She sang for those affected by the earthquake in Mexico and by the volcano
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in Colombia both in 1985. She hosted the OTI Festival with Emilio Aragón and throughout that year she could be heard on the radio with songs like "Por culpa de una noche enamorada", "Como el viento", "El beso de tu boca", "Impaciencia" and "Sin ti". Since then, her tours and presentations went on, giving the best out of herself in each of them; she took great care of the character, costumes, the stage, choreography, repertoire, lightning, etc., which made her highly valued by critics and public as they were great shows; very similar to those made in the United States. Juan Carlos Calderón produced her new work, "Vuela alto", in 1986, where "Cariño mío" excels. This show was again one of the best-selling albums of her career, given the quality of her compositions. Vuela alto was also the name of the world tour that broke box-office records. In the following years, Paloma continued to release records continuously; "Grande" (1987), awarded with a Platinum album and the tour under the same name kept the star on tour for more than 6 months, including a version of the song from Theodorakis "Luna De Miel", as well as Obregón Pareja's songs, Mendo and Fuster (successful authors of "Puerta de Alcalá"), Albertelli, Rosa Girón, KC Porter, Armando Manzanero, etc. There were two versions of this album—one for the American market with "Los Sueños Son Tan Grandes" and another one for Spain, where the song was replaced by "La tragedia de Eva". It's followed by "Life" (1988), album that was released in Latin America without the song “Bienvenido al Paraíso" and that includes in its CD format an extra song titled "Amor Diablo". It also includes a version of Pat Benatar's classic "We Belong" (Mi Pasión), the Spanish song of Los Miserables "On My Own" or a compendium of fragments of songs like "Bésame Mucho", "The Fool On The Hill", " Alfonsina y el mar", "No te mires en el río", "Music "... all together in a fantastic song called "Música" which shows the restlessness and admiration that the singer feels for this eclectic kind of music.


1990

To celebrate her 15-year career in 1990, she simultaneously recorded and edited two albums; "Nadie como tú", for Latin America (from which the enormous success “Demasiado herida” stands out) and "Quiéreme Siempre" for Spain. From this last album, the song "Un largo camino" duet with CRAG is highlighted, as well as one of the best versions that has ever been made of “Wind Beneath My Wings” from
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. On 3 March 1991, she performed a duet concert with the tenor
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in Miami, which was edited in video and LP and reached multimillion-dollar sales and that was, in the words of the performer herself, one of the most wonderful experiences of her life. She sings Zarzuela pieces like "la Revoltosa" in it, Operetta, like “Vals de la Viuda Alegre”, American musicals, like "Phantom of the Opera" or "New York, New York", boleros, tango, Hispano-American songs and, of course, her extraordinary interpretation of "No llores por mí, Argentina" (from ''Evita''). Paloma continued her success with productions such as "De mil amores" (1991), which included songs such as "Orí Oro", "No Quiero Arrepentirme", "De Mil Amores" or "Un Gran Amor". This work has been made simultaneously with "Paloma Mediterránea" (1992), in which she recreated the song "Mediterráneo" by Serrat and others like "Apres Toi" by Vicky Leandros, "El Concierto de Aranjuez" by Joaquín Rodrigo or "Himno al Amor" by
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. The first album was released for the American market only and the second one for Spain. Two years later, she released "Al Este del Edén" (1994), album including songs from unknown young authors and which was one of the singer's favorites. That same year she performed a duet concert with the tenor
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, with 20,000 people in Bogotá. "Como un sueño" (1995) celebrates her 20-year career and led her to touring for about twenty months. This concert was published in a double CD for Spain and was reduced to a single CD in Latin America. Different celebrities joined in, such as Estela Raval, Gloria Lasso, Cristina del Valle (from the duet Amistades Peligrosas), El Dúo Dinámico, El Consorcio and Juan Pardo. In 1997, Paloma sang pieces from classical musicians like Beethoven, Pachelbel or Massenet in her new work "Clásicamente tuya", which was released in early 1998 in Latin America with a different cover and did not include the song "Meditación". In November 1997, after 17 years, she resumed her performance in the musical ''El hombre de La Mancha'' with
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, which broke box-office records. This musical was also released in a double CD, and played for 2 years in Madrid, 1 month in Barcelona and 2 months in Buenos Aires. In 1999 she announced "Perlas", a pop-style recording based on versions of English-language classics adapted to Spanish ("You've Got a Friend", "Un-break my heart", "Immortality", "Let the River Run", "Angel of Mine", etc.), where Paloma first sings with her daughter Ivana Vanessa Gómez the song "Calling you".


Decade of the 2000

In 2000 Paloma left EMI (her lifelong record label since 1984) and released with Sony her bolero album called "Escorpio" in 2001. Produced by
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, it became very popular in America. This album included the first Spanish version of
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famous song "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You", as well as songs like "No Ha Pasado Nada" by
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and a Medley of Brazilian music songs ("Voce Abusó", "Aguas De Marzo", "Mais que Nada"). In 2001 she also returned to theaters performing in ''
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'', again with
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. The musical played for 19 months at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid, achieving the well-deserved recognition for great artist in a difficult genre like musicals, and received the title of "Queen of the Musical" by the Spanish critic. A CD was released from that musical. In 2002, she recorded and edited an album with songs of musicals, "Eternamente, grandes éxitos de grandes musicales", for the company Ventura Discos SL, with songs from some of the musicals she interpreted herself. It highlights an impeccable version of "Summertime", as well as the song from
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, "Es más que amor" ("I don't know how to love him"), which had become popular by Ángela Carrasco. This album, despite reuniting hits from musicals like ''Evita'', ''The Phantom of the Opera'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Cats'' or ''Sunset Boulevard'', did not have huge success perhaps because there was not much chemistry with the producer, Christian De Walden, who had already produced other albums with performers such as
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. On 28 September 2005, she successfully premiered the musical ''Victor/Victoria'' at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid. Her difficult Victoria Grant character was a big success, in which she played a man and a woman at the same time. Her cast partner was the great Paco Valladares. On 1 Novemberst, 2006, Paloma was awarded with a
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in
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: the 2006 Music Excellence Award. In 2006 she produced and recorded "Invierno Sur", an inward-looking album with smooth jazz and really exquisite compositions from several authors such as
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or Amaury Gutiérrez. The album featured a song based on a composition by
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, who transferred her the rights for "Nyah and Ethan", music that gave the name to the song as well as the album, "Invierno Sur". It additionally included a version of the song "Vives entre sombras" ("Livin' in the shadows") from the musical ''Victor/Victoria''. The album was released in Spain on 29 January 2007, and is co-produced with RLM. It was again an innovative album due to its jazz grounds and the intimate character of many of its songs. In 2008 she did the "Encantados tour", accompanied by the maestro Luis Cobos, along with a symphony orchestra of more than 60 musicians. A DVD was released from this tour as well as a CD gathering the best moments and highlighting the "O Mio Babbino Caro", an opera song that Paloma performs easily. In Latin America the album was released without the DVD. She then toured the "PSB tour" (Piano, Sax and Bass). This tour included simultaneously several Spanish provinces and cities of
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, achieving a huge success both from the public and the critics. This tour began in early 2009 and ended up in 2010. It was a show where she reviewed her most successful songs along with international well-known songs, only followed by a piano, bass and saxophone.


Decade of the 2010

At the beginning of 2010 she was invited to record the theme song of an Argentinian soap opera starring by the actress Soledad Silveyra ("Secretos de Amor", which was broadcast by the Argentinian
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channel). The song is called "Amor sin edad" and was composed by Eduardo Frigerio. In March 2012 she published the album "Amolap" (Paloma written backwards), whose first released song not only amazed some but cause different opinions. This might be claimed to the tecno music sound and the lyrics in English which state: "Love makes my world go round". The first single from the album was "Yo quiero volar", a sophisticated pop sound comparable to an Anglo-Saxon pop ballad. In June 2012 she also premiered the musical
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that toured in several Spanish cities; ending the tour in
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on 4 November. On 22 November she announced on Twitter and Facebook her last year on tour. On 6 Januaryth, 2014, she gave a concert in the
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in Madrid, where great operas and classical music take place and where only a few singers have performed. She played songs from musicals such as ''
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'' or '' Evita'' and ended with "Los Nardos" by las Leandras, which was a big success. On 2 January 2016, she premiered a concert along with Los Chicos del Coro de Saint Marc, called "Voces para el alma".


Farewell Tour 'Hasta Siempre' and new album with Los Chicos del Coro

Paloma San Basilio announced her withdrawal from the music scene after 40 years. For that reason, in 2013 she started a farewell tour and she chose Latin America as a starting point in order to show her gratitude for her artistic career. She participated in the
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2014 (Chile) where she won the Silver and the Gold Torch as well as the Silver and Gold Seagull awards. She is also working on an album in collaboration with Los Chicos Del Coro, which will include musical songs and versions of classics such as "I Say A Little Prayer" and "Amazing Grace", which were expected to be released in October 2015.


Discography

* ''Sombras'' (1975) * ''Dónde vas/ El color del mar'' (1977, single) * ''Beso a beso... dulcemente'' (1978) * ''En directo'' (1978) * ''Evita'' (musical) (1980) * ''Ahora'' (1981) * ''Dama'' (1983) * ''Paloma'' (1984) * ''La Cenicienta del Palace'' (1985) * ''Las Leandras'' (1985) * ''El sobre verde'' (1985) * ''La Fiesta Terminó'' (1985) * ''En vivo'' (1985) * ''Vuela alto'' (1986) * ''Grande'' (1987) * ''La sinfonía de los tres tiempos de América'' (1988) * ''Vida'' (1988) * ''Nadie como tú'' (1990) * ''Quiéreme siempre'' (1990) * ''Plácido, Paloma por fin juntos!'' ive(1991) * ''De mil amores'' (1991) * ''Paloma mediterránea'' (1992) * ''Al este del edén'' (1994) * ''Como un sueño'' (1995) * ''Clásicamente tuya'' (1997) * ''El hombre de La Mancha'' (musical) (1997) * ''Perlas'' (1999) * ''Escorpio'' (2001) * ''My Fair Lady'' (musical) (2001) * ''Eternamente, grandes éxitos de grandes musicales'' (2002) * ''La música es mi vida'' (compilation) (2003) * ''Víctor Victoria'' (musical) (2005) * ''Diva'' (compilation) (2006) * ''Invierno Sur'' (2006) * ''Encantados'' (2008) * ''Amolap'' (2012) * ''Las canciones de mi vida'' (2015)


See also

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List of best-selling Latin music artists Latin music has an ambiguous meaning in the music industry due to differing definitions of the term "Latin". For example, the Latin music market in the United States defines Latin music as any release that is mostly sung in Spanish, regardless ...


References


External links


Official website

Foro internacional
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