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- Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis, popularly known by the artistic name of Nino Bravo, was an international singing star from Spain. Bravo was born near Valencia. His father, Luis Manuel,a salesman, moved the family to Valencia, in search of better opportunities, when Bravo was three years old. Nino Bravo was a shy child. He had a tendency to befriend older people, and, in 1958, he met bassist Vicente López. López introduced Bravo to other Valencian musicians, including the legendary Paco Ramón. It had never occurred to Bravo, before he met López, that anyone would enjoy listening to him sing. Bravo realized that he could sing while he was on at trip with López and Ramón. López later recalled that he was surprised, upon waking up from a nap, to hear Bravo singing Domenico Modugno's hit "Libero". Deeply impressed, Lopez predicted that Nino Bravo would become a superstar. Meanwhile, Bravo took a job as a jeweler, and also worked for his mother, who owned a supermarket. When he was sixteen, he became a fan of the famous Chilean singer Antonio Prieto, whose song, "La Novia" ("The Bride"), had become a number one hit in Spain. Bravo and his friends formed a band, "Los Hispanicos", and made a cover recording of "La Novia". Bravo also enjoyed Rock & Roll music. He began singing at a hotel, where he sang his favorite English song, "Only You". Eventually, Bravo was approached by a recording company agent who tried to convince him to sign with his label. Bravo declined, because the projected contract would not include the entire Los Hispanicos band. In 1964, "Los Hispánicos" changed their name to "Los Superson". At the same time, their luck changed. They won a local radio contest, then moved on to Benidorm, where they became quite popular. Shortly, however, Bravo was called up for military duty. Suffering from depression depression during his military service, Bravo contemplated quitting his singing career. While Bravo was away in the military, López befriended Miguel Siuran, a radio personality, who was impressed by Los Superson's sound and wanted to help them get a recording contract, to include two of the band's songs on another singer's LP. López declined the offer, because he felt that Bravo should be included on the album as well. When Bravo returned from the service, López talked him up so enthusiastically that Siuran scoffingly asked if Bravo could sing like Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck or John Rowles. Once Siuran heard Bravo's voice, however, the radio man was deeply impressed. Siuran Miguel Siurán took Bravo to a music festival. Although Bravo did not win at the festival, Siurán became convinced that it was time for Bravo to become a star, and, soon afterwards, Siurán came up with the artistic name of Nino Bravo. Bravo and Siurán first tried unsuccessfully to get a contract with RCA RCA. They then went to Fonogram in Madrid. Bravo and Siuran returned to Valencia, where Siurán published an newspaper ad announcing "Nino Bravo y Los Superson". Shortly thereafter, Fonogram called to offer a contract for an album with Bravo and Los Superson. In March 1969, shortly after their album hit the market, Bravo sang before a live audience for the first time. After the concert, frenzied admirers tore down Bravo's concert posters. On April 20th 1970 he married Maria Amparo and their first daughter, Amparo, was born on January 1972. He also had a second daughter, Eva, that was born after he died. Fonogram wanted Bravo to go solo, and in 1970, Siurán was replaced by José Meri as Bravo's manager. In that same year, Bravo participated for the first time in the prestigious Barcelona Music Festival. He would not gain international acclaim until two festivals later, however. After Bravo received favorable reviews from a festival audience in Athens, Greece, he went on to impress festival goers at the Rio de Janeiro Festival. After being exposed to international audiences in Europe and Latin America, Bravo and Meri parted ways, and Bravo took on a new manager. Bravo's first solo album was soon released, and the song "Te quiero, te quiero", by the composer Augusto Algueró, became an international hit, which is now considered a classic by many Hispanic music critics. Bravo's first album, "Tu Cambiarás" ("You Will Change"), sold well, particularly in Colombia, where Bravo became very popular. Bravo then sang on the Spaniard television contest show, "Pasaporte a Dublín"" in which the winner would represent Spain in 1971's Eurovision. After the show, Bravo then went on tour in Colombia and Brazil, where he participated, for a second time in the Rio de Janeiro Festival. Also in 1971, Nino Bravo recorded his second album, which went untitled. The album would later be posthumously released, in CD format, entitled "Puerta de amor" ("Love's Door"). In 1972, Bravo released his third album, "Libre" ("Free"). "Libre" proved to be both a huge success and a very controversial album for Bravo, as many Latin American dictators of the time banned the album's title song from being played in their countries. As a consequence, Bravo was also banned from singing his banned songs in certain countries. His success, however, was such that he was widely known in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and among the Hispanic population of the United States. In Chile, the title song from the album, became a unifying elemet for all the followers of the new military regime which came into power on September 11, 1973, when Bigote Arrocet sang "Libre" in honour of Bravo during 1974 Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar, in front of Pinochet and his wife. In January 1973, Bravo's first daughter, Amparo, was born. A second daughter, Eva, would later arrive, but Nino never got to see her. Bravo's words in a 1973 interview would prove to be tragically prophetic: speaking of his last Latin American tour, he referred to a song named "Noelia" as "(his) last song". Another song that he released that same year, "Un Beso y Una Flor" ("A Kiss and a Flower") became one of Bravo's greatest international hits. (Loosely translated, the song's chorus was "a kiss and a flower during my good-bye"). On March 14 of that year, Bravo performed his last concert, before his Valencia fans.
- Nino Bravo (el seu nom real era Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis), fou un cantant del País Valencià. Va nàixer a Aielo de Malferit, localitat situada a la comarca de la Vall d'Albaida. Ben aviat els seus pares es van traslladar a la capital, concretament al carrer Visitació, paral·lel al carrer Sagunt. La seua primera ocupació va tenir lloc a una joieria, més tard va realitzar a Cartagena el servei militar. En tornar va treballar a una oficina, on combinava la seua tasca laboral amb la seua afició pel cant. Allò el va portar a unir-se amb diversos amics amb qui va conformar conjunts musicals que actuaven a diversos locals. Amb estes agrupacions musicals va formar part en diferents festejos fallers del barri on cantava melodies als típics balls i revetles. Los Hispánicos i més tard Los Superson van ser els grups musicals més importants de què va formar part, fins que va conéixer el seu primer representant, Miguel Siurán, qui el va descobrir i li va atorgar el nom artístic amb què abastiria la fama. Va realitzar les seues primeres gales i un recital al Teatre Principal de València que sols li van suposar pèrdues. Posteriorment, la casa discogràfica Fonogram el va contractar per un temps de 5 anys. El seu primer senzill es grava amb cançons de Manuel Alejandro: "Como todos" i "Es el viento". Va anar al festival de la cançó de Barcelona amb el tema "No debo pensar en ti", on va ser eliminat. Tanmateix, a l'estiu de 1970, Augusto Algueró li va donar "Te quiero, te quiero", cançó que per diversos motius, tot i tenir-la gravada el cantant Raphael i la cantant Lola Flores, no havia eixit encara al mercat. Nino va aconseguir amb esta peça un gran èxit cosa que va provocar que fóra elegida cançó de l'estiu. A "Te quiero, te quiero" la van seguir "Noelia", "Perdona", "Mi gran amor", "Ésa será mi casa", "Mi querida mama", "Voy buscando", etc. Va inscriure's en la selecció per participar al Festival d'Eurovisió. Allí actua al programa televisiu "Pasaporte a Dublín", on va quedar en un meritori segon lloc. La cantant Karina va resultar ser l'elegida. El 20 d'abril de 1971 es va casar secretament amb María Amparo Martínez Gil. Al novembre d'aquest any va viatjar al Festival de Rio de Janeiro, on va representar Espanya. Allí va competir amb les millors veus d'aquell moment. Va aconseguir un segon lloc però, tot i això, este fet li va causar un cert regust decebedor. El gener de 1972 va nàixer la seua primera filla a qui van batejar amb el nom de sa mare: María Amparo. La seua segona filla no va arribar a conéixer son pare. Durant l'any 1972 va portar els seus èxits per tot l'estat i, sense saber-ho, el 14 de març de 1973, en la cridòria de les Falles, Nino va fer gaudir, com a agraïment per la seua fidelitat, els valencians amb la seua última i embogidora actuació. El 16 d'abril de 1973 Nino Bravo, acompanyat pel duet Humo i per Miguel Diurni, va sofrir un accident a la carretera quan viatjava de València cap a Madrid per motius professionals. Este desafortunat fet es va produir al terme de Villarrubio, a la comarca de Tarancón, i li va causar la mort al cantant quan tan sols tenia 28 anys. A partir de l'homenatge celebrat al setembre de 1998 en què Aielo de Malferit va reunir aproximadament 5.000 persones amants i entusiastes de Nino Bravo, va sorgir la idea de crear un museu per a mantenir viva la seua memòria. Des del festival de 1998 han sigut nombrosos els fans que s'han desplaçat des de Múrcia, València i altres ciutats al municipi de la Vall d'Albaida per a fer entrega de discos, revistes o gravacions gràcies als quals ha estat possible fer realitat el projecte museístic a la casa on va nàixer l'artista.
- Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis, que de nombre artístico era Nino Bravo,, fue un cantante español.
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