Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1942-07-10
- Died
- 2023-08-08
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Catalogue des livres espagnoles
- Quileña
- Del Metate a la Licuadora
- Con Tus Manos
- Vallecas
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Film & TV
Sound · Detroit, Michigan, USA
A once promising singer-songwriter whose first two albums were a flop in the United States, Rodriguez quickly fades into obscurity. Unbeknownst to him, a cult following of his music develops among young Afrikaners in the 1970s who rebel against the cultural oppression and isolation of Apartheid. His amazing story was the subject of the Oscar winning documentary, "Searching for Sugarman."
Known for
- Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs — Self2019
- Searching for Sugar Man — Self2012
- Dead Men Don't Tour: Rodríguez in South Africa1998
- Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest1993
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
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Sixto Diaz Rodríguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023), mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Though his career was initially met with little fanfare in the United States, he found success in South Africa, Australia (touring the country twice in his earlier career), and New Zealand. Unbeknownst to him for decades, his music grew extremely successful and influential in South Africa, where he is believed to have sold more records than Elvis Presley. Information about him was scarce, and it was incorrectly rumored there that he had died by suicide shortly after releasing his second album.
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1942 births2023 deaths20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male singers20th-century American singer-songwriters21st-century American guitarists21st-century American male singers21st-century American singer-songwritersAmerican acoustic guitaristsAmerican folk guitaristsAmerican folk singersAmerican male guitarists