Pitingo
Pitingo is a charismatic singer from Spain whose musical style is a fusion of the high-wrought copla style of flamenco vocals with the smooth musical tropes of soul/R&B. His second album, Soulería (2008), a Spanish-language collection of well-known cover songs, propelled him to Top Ten success in his homeland. Based in Madrid, Pitingo was born Antonio Álvarez Vélez in Ayamonte, Huelva, in 1981. He made his full-length solo album debut in 2006 with Pitingo con Habichuelas (2006) in association with Universal Music Spain. The album is a collaboration between Pitingo and the Habichuela family of musicians, the most well known of whom is Juan Habichuela, a celebrated guitarist from Granada. On Pitingo's second album, Soulería (2008), he collaborated once again with Habichuela as well as another celebrated guitarist, Juan Carmona. A top ten success, the album was a Spanish-language collection of well-known cover songs including Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" and Julio Iglesias' "Gwendolyn." He pulled off the same trick with the 2010 follow-up, Olé & Amén -- half the album was covers of soul classics by the likes of Donna Summer and Stevie Wonder, and the other half straight-up flamenco. His 2011 release Malecón Street featured primarily Cuban-influenced material and saw him further refine his smooth fusion of flamenco and soul-pop, as typified on the promo track "Nosotros".
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Hasta Que Te Conocí (feat. Buika)
Lila Downs, Pitingo, Alondra de la Parra
Alternative & Indie - Released by WM Mexico on May 6, 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Souleria Nueva Edicion
Flamenco - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ole Y Amen
Flamenco - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Malecón Street
Pop - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cambio De Tercio
Flamenco - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Soul, Bulería y más
Flamenco - Released by WM Spain on May 13, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mestizo y fronterizo
Flamenco - Released by WM Spain on May 18, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Básicos
Flamenco - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on Dec 11, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Como Antes
Nani Cortes, Lin Cortes, Pitingo
World - Released by Flamenco Bohemio on Apr 22, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Caja Pitingo
Flamenco - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pitingo Con Habichuelas
Flamenco - Released by Universal Music Spain S.L. on Jan 1, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sabor Español - Spanish Flavour - Pitingo
Flamenco - Released by EurodeltaMusic on Nov 28, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Ayamontino "Sevillanas mestizas y fronterizas"
Flamenco - Released by WM Spain on Apr 13, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Soul Man (feat. Sam Moore)
Flamenco - Released by WM Spain on Apr 6, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Spanish version)
Flamenco - Released by WM Spain on Apr 8, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -