Jairo (singer)

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Jairo

Jairo in 2011.
Background information
Birth name Mario Rubén González Pierotti
Born (1949-06-16) June 16, 1949
Córdoba, Argentina
Genres Argentine music
Folk
Chanson
Tango
Pop rock
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter and producer
Instruments Guitar and Vocals
Associated acts Luis Aguilé, Astor Piazzolla, Horacio Ferrer, Mercedes Sosa, Ana Belén, Charles Aznavour, León Gieco
Website www.jairo.com.ar

Jairo, pseudonym of Mario Rubén González Pierotti (born June 16, 1949) is an Argentine singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 500 songs in Castilian, French and Italian.[1][2]

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, the 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.[3]

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 Luis Aguilé sent him a job offer, signing a distribution agreement with CBS and moving to Spain.

In 1971 he won first Premio de la Crítica Española and second prize in the Festival of the Costa del Sol. That same year he was hired by the Ariola label. With the establishment of the National Reorganization Process in power, he chose to go into exile in Spain and later in France.[4]

He recorded with Astor Piazzolla in 1981 several songs composed especially for him by Piazzolla himself and the Uruguayan poet Horacio Ferrer, among which stands out «Milonga del trovador» and «Hay una niña en el alba».

Towards the end of the military dictatorship, he returned to Argentina and gave a recital on the Avenida 9 de Julio, where he played to 1.2 million people their version of «We Shall Overcome».[1]

Throughout his career, he shared scenarios both their country and hospitalization stages with artists such as: Ana Belén, Ariel Ramírez, Eladia Blázquez, Graciela Borges, Jaime Torres, Juan Carlos Baglietto, La Mona Jiménez, Lito Vitale, Mercedes Sosa, Pedro Aznar, Piero and Víctor Heredia.[5][6]

Discography

Jairo with Horacio Ferrer, (2011).

References

  1. 1 2 Biografía de Jairo Retrieved February 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Discografía de Jairo Retrieved February 21, 2016
  3. ↑ Biografía de Jairo Retrieved February 21, 2016
  4. ↑ Historias que tiene mucho acento cordobés Retrieved February 21, 2016
  5. ↑ Llega el tercer Festival del Camino Retrieved February 21, 2016
  6. ↑ Jairo at Discogs Retrieved February 21, 2016
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