Roberto Jordán () (born February 20, 1943, in

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, Mexico) is a popular singer whose heyday occurred during Mexico's '' nueva ola'' (new wave) of music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many of his songs were covers of

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rock and pop songs, with arrangements provided by music teachers and producers Enrique Okamura and Eduardo Magallanes. Jordán popularized several Bubblegum rock songs among youth in the

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world, singing songs by the

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, the

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and

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as well as introducing the repertoire of singer-songwriters like

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. Jordán left the stage for a number of years to pursue business and sports. In the mid-1980s, he returned to performing and even recorded a new version of his onetime hit ''Hazme una señal'' (a cover version of

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''). He also performed at a reunion concert with original Mexican rock acts such as Los Rockin' Devils, Los Teen Tops and Los Hermanos Carrión in 2006.

Discography (partial)

* 1968 – Hazme Una Señal,

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* 1968 – 1,2,3 Detente!, RCA Victor * 1970 – Castillos de Algodón, RCA Victor * 1999 – Roberto Jordán (best-of compilation), Tepito Records

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Roberto 1943 births Living people Mexican male singers People from Los Mochis Singers from Sinaloa