Raphaelwhose real name is Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez Linares, was born in Jaén, May 5, 1943, and almost from childhood he knew that he wanted to be more than a singer, he wanted to be an artist, so one of the first steps he took was Changing your name and adding a ‘ph’ to your name to make it more interesting.
‘The Nightingale of Linares’, ‘The Child of Linares’ or ‘Divo of Linares’
He grew up in a humble family though he lacked nothing. son of Rafaela Sanchezwho loved to sing in the privacy of his home, and feralist Francisco Martos. The first time he went on stage was only 3 years old, it was in the playground of his school Los Escolapios, who fed him for years in exchange for having a choir voice. And he, with his belly full, sang and sang because somehow he felt that this was the only path that would lead him away from poverty. name changed’The Nightingale of Linares’, ‘The Child of Linares’ or ‘Divo of Linares’ He was recognized at the age of 9 Europe’s best children’s voices at the Salzburg Festival (Austria) and the rest is history.
In the early 1960s, his first big break came. with Benidorm festival, Raphael had the whole old continent in his pocket. Critics even said that each of his concerts felt like the first and last of his life. “I owe myself to the public, because of them I am what I am. How can I not die at every concert I do?” Then came Eurovision Song Contest With songs in 1966 and 1967 i am that And talk about love That gave him the push and courage he needed to consider conquering the world.
‘My Big Night’, ‘Whatever They Say’ or ‘The Drummer’
Raphael’s passion has been recognized from Italy to Japan. In the Land of the Rising Sun, for example, he managed to reach number one in Japan with it scandal. But this is nothing. The Spanish singer has dozens of world tours behind him, performing in the most important theaters: Carnegie Hall, New York Paramount, Sydney Opera House is Paris Olympia; And hundreds of performances in football stadiums in the main capitals of the world… With all this, Raphael can say that he created himself and, like other great masters of music, he created a school: Raphaelism. A doctrine that drives millions of men and women around the world.
Song owner or great song like, My big night, whatever they say is the drummerA melody that plays everywhere every Christmas: radio, television, shopping centers, ice rinks… everywhere except in the artist’s home, who made this carol the most popular Christmas song in Spain and Latin America. “I only sing it on stage and on record,” admits Rafael himself with a laugh.
Raphael, who paved the international way for stars of calibre Julio Iglesias is Camilo Sesto, He is one of four Spanish artists who a Uranium disk To surpass 50 million albums sold worldwide.
Which organ was donated to Raphael?
In 2000, he starred in the Spanish version of the musical Jekyll and Hyde For seven months and exactly that year was when his health played tricks on him and his life depended on only one Liver transplant Due to the severity of his liver cirrhosis produced by alcohol abuse. After undergoing relevant tests, the singer entered the waiting list and underwent surgery to receive his new organ on April 1, 2003.
“At that moment, my life was passing, moreover, because of an absurd nonsense that I did not understand and increased everything for sleep, rest… and a ball was created that could give me my life,” the artist would say years later. . “I didn’t drink to get drunk. I wanted to sleep,” he explained, explaining that the nightmare “started on the plane and later, in the hotel, when they put it in the minibar” and I then had a drink or two… and I slept like a dormouse all night. And the next day I could sing like an angel, rested well, but, of course, a vital organ rotted,” he admitted.
Afterwards, Raphael celebrated his recovery with a tour of ‘back tour’ Which ends in 2004 and where you show why he doesn’t like to talk about the past, because according to him, it still has a lot of future. His international tour started in 2013 ‘My Big Night Tour’ Between 2013-2014, which coincided with his world tour in 2015 ‘Raphael Sinfonico World Tour’.
In 2018, he launched RESymphonicAn album that included a collection of his most legendary songs and was accompanied by a tour that took him to major capitals in Europe and Latin America. The singer presented in 2021 RaphaelismHis documentary series explores the artist’s successes, secrets, fears and dreams with unreleased audiovisual material.
And although his best-known ‘residence’ is the stage, Rafael is also comfortable acting in front of the camera, and his resume includes nearly a dozen films as well as a few plays since his face fronted several seasons in the seventies. D Monumental Theater of Madrid.
However, despite the millions of records he has sold, the worldwide recognition he has received and the countless awards he continues to receive for his extraordinary career, his true greatest work is his family.
How many times has Rafael been married?
The Zayn singer has been married for more than half a century Natalia FigueroaThe love of his life and the mother of his three children, whom he married on July 14, 1972, in Venice.
The bride and groom arranged for there to be no cameras or paparazzi at their wedding, choosing an enclave such as the romantic City of Canals to do so, and their guests were not told until the last minute that they were getting married. They just got a plane ticket a few days ago with no destination in sight. Finally it was Church of San Zacharias in VeniceVery close to the popular San Marcos Square, where artists and aristocrats make their wedding wishes come true.
They had a beautiful story that started in 1968 when they met at an awards ceremony Radio Spain at the Zarzuela Theater. He would take a reward and she would give it to him. Raphael was already a music idol and Natalia was an elite and famous journalist, who worked in press and television and had already published several books.
The beginning of their love was not easy. She comes from a very humble family, her father being a bricklayer, while she is a woman of Basque high society, her granddaughter Number of Romanones and daughter Marquis of Santo Floro. It’s time to show that it wasn’t an obstacle for their love story to flourish and four years after their first date and their approval. marquis Augustine FigueroaNatalia’s father, they are married.
Who are Raphael’s children?
In 1973 they welcomed their first child, JacobWho was married to popular actress Toni Acosta. A year later, the girl was born. AlexandraWHO Restorer at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum And in 1978 they welcomed the youngest to the family, Manuel, who married Amelia Bono, daughter of former politician José Bono
Five decades after their marriage, they are still together and happy and grandparents to eight beautiful grandchildren and when asked what is the secret of their marriage, the artist is clear. “The first thing is to love each other a lot. The second thing is to bear with each other, because we all have different moods and to say good morning with a lot of affection, then the day starts well. And if something happens in between, then the night comes, with a lot of love. “It happens,” Raphael admits.
