Manolo Escobar

Manuel Garca Escobar , better known as Manolo Escobar, was a Spanish singer of Andalusian copla and other Spanish music. He was also an actor and performed in multiple musicals. His popular songs include El porompompero , Mi carro , La minifalda, and Y viva Espaa.

Manuel Garca Escobar was born to Antonio Garca and Mara del Carmen Escobar onOctober 1931, the fifth of ten children. Early in Escobars life, his father left the family tradition of farming to devote himself to hospitality and culture. Antonio then met a retired teacher who had lost his family in the Spanish Civil War. Antonio gave the teacher room and board in exchange for teaching all of his children music. Escobar started playing the flute and the piano in his early years.

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