Juanito Valderrama
b. Juan Valderrama Blanca, 24 May 1916, Torredelcampo, Jaén, Spain, d. 12 April 2004, Espartinas, Seville, Spain. Raised in rural Andalucia, Valderrama heard flamenco from childhood and in his early teens he was taken up by singer Niña de la Puebla, with whom he sang in Madrid in 1935. During the Spanish Civil War he performed for soldiers and also made records, later establishing himself on the flamenco scene. He composed some 300 songs, often in collaboration with his regular accompanist El Niño Ricardo; these included ‘De Polizón’ and ‘Madre Hermosa’. The song by which he is best remembered is ‘El Emigrante’, which he wrote in response to the fate of exiled Republicans after the civil war. He sang this in the similarly titled 1960 film and it was also used in La Guerra De Papá (1977). From the 50s Valderrama had appeared in a number of films, including El Rey De La Carretera (1956), El Emigrante (1960) and El Padre Coplillas (1968). Among the songs he sang in the latter film were ‘Grandeza Divina’, ‘Plegaria De Paz’, ‘Ruiseñores Del Alba’ and ‘Corazón A Corazón’.
Valderrama was noted for his maintenance of the traditions of flamenco, but he did much to keep flamenco in tune with young audiences. In 1983 he was awarded the Medalla al Mérito en el Trabajo and also in this decade and the next he was recognized throughout Spain for his services to flamenco. This led to accolades at Madrid’s Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in 1994, the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla in 1998, the Festival del Cante de Las Minas de La Unión in 2000, and at Teatro Alhambra de Granada in 2001.
From the mid-50s Valderrama formed an intimate relationship with singer Lolita Caballero (b. Dolores Abril) but he was unable to obtain a divorce from his first wife until more than 20 years later. Early in 2004, Valderrama appeared at a concert in Madrid that was given in his honour and which featured many noted artists. Soon afterwards, he suffered a heart attack and died during convalescence.
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Maestros del Cante Flamenco
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Adios, Mi España Querida
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Piropo al Padre
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Don Juan (El Recital de la Unión - Agosto 2000)
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Homenaje A Juanito Valderrama
World - Released by Ariola on Jul 25, 1994
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Los Grandes del Flamenco
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Raices de la Canción Española, Vol. 41
Latin America - Released by Cale Records on May 15, 1998
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Grandes Exitos De Juanito Valderrama
World - Released by RCA Records Label on Jun 20, 1994
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Su primera comunión (Remastered)
Flamenco - Released by Conarte Grabaciones on Jun 28, 2021
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Grandes Clásicos del Cante Flamenco, Vol. 12: El Jilguero de Torredelcampo
Flamenco - Released by Cale Records on May 15, 2001
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Alma Flamenca. Juanito Valderrama
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La Copla del emigrante
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Ilustre Memoria del Cante
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Juanito Valderrama, Vol. 1 (Remastered)
Miscellaneous - Released by MARFER on Jul 13, 2001
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Vintage Music No. 114 - LP: Juanito Valderrama
World - Released by Vintage Music on Jul 20, 2010
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Vintage Spanish Song Nº32 - EPs Collectors
Latin America - Released by Vintage Music on Aug 14, 1957
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Vintage Flamenco Cante Nº47 - EPs Collectors
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Como Los Judíos
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El legado de Juanito Valderrama
Pop - Released by WM Spain on Apr 29, 2016
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