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Camarón de la Isla
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Spanish flamenco singer (1950–1992)
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Camarón de la Isla, born José Monje Cruz in 1950 in San Fernando, was a Spanish singer and musician. A member of the Romani people in Spain, he performed primarily in the flamenco genre, specifically cante and nuevo flamenco. He began his work period in 1969 and sang in Spanish.
He received the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. Camarón de la Isla died of lung cancer, a natural cause, on July 2, 1992, in Badalona, Barcelona. He was a male artist who used the pseudonym Camarón de la Isla.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1950
- Active to
- 1992
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 70,671
- Total plays
- 713,242
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Camarón de la Isla (born December 5, 1950, San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain; died July 2, 1992, Badalona, Spain), was the stage name of Spanish Romani flamenco singer José Monje Cruz. He was born in San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain, into a Romani family, the seventh of eight children. His mother was Juana Cruz Castro, a "Canastera", literally a basket weaver, and meaning from a wandering roma family, and whose gift of singing was a strong early influence. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Camar%C3%B3n+de+l
Key facts
- Born
- José Monje Cruz , ( 1950-12-05 ) 5 December 1950, San Fernando , Province of Cádiz , Spain
- Died
- 2 July 1992 (1992-07-02) (aged 41), Badalona, Barcelona , Spain
- Genres
- Flamenco nuevo flamenco
- Occupations
- Singer musician
- Instruments
- Vocals classical guitar
- Years active
- 1969–1992
- Formerly of
- Paco de Lucía Tomatito
- Website
- www .camarondelaisla .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- San Fernando
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- flamenco
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Estatuilla de Camarón.jpg
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- Commons category
- Camarón de la Isla
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1950-12-05
- date of death
- 1992-07-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Romani people in Spain
- second family name in Spanish name
- Cruz
- name in native language
- c
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- pseudonym
- Camarón de la Isla
- different from
- Camarón
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Encyclopedic overview
José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations with Paco de Lucía and Tomatito, and the three of them were of major importance to the revival of flamenco in the second half of the 20th century.
Early life
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