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The death of Armando Manzanero, on December 28, 2020, was a major blow to the artistic world of Mexico and Latin America. The emblematic musician and composer has left an indelible legacy, he has more than 400 songs, of which more than 50 have achieved international fame, such as “We are boyfriends”, “This afternoon I saw it rain” and “With you I learned. “
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The native of Yucatán, has a wide repertoire of songs and albums dedicated to love, which is why he became the pseudonym of “King of Romance”. apple tree He was the winner of a Grammy Award for Career Art, a special award for great musical personalities who have made outstanding contributions to the field of discography.
The teacher’s themes have been recorded by multiple artists, including Elvis Presely, Andrea Bocelli, Chavela Vargas, Andrés Calamaro, Laura Pausini, Cristian Castro, Alejandro Fernández, Lucero, Christina Aguilera, Paulina Rubio, Ricardo Montaner, Miguel Bosé, Raphael. But there is one singer who stood out for the special way in which he interpreted the creations of the great master: Luis Miguel.
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LUIS MIGUEL AND ARMANDO MANZANERO, A FRIENDSHIP THAT DISAPPEARED AFTER TIME
Armando Manzanero and Luis Miguel They started their friendship when the native of Yucatán produced the album “Romance” for the “Sol de México”. This material was very special for both artists, but especially for Luis Miguel, as it marked an important phase in his career as he made the leap from pop artist of the moment to serious figure in the music scene.
Undoubtedly, the themes of the Yucatecan have initiated Luis Miguel worldwide. Since then, the relationship has grown in admiration. Three years later they worked together again and in 1994 they released another bolero album called “Segundo romance”. Then, in 1997, they recorded a third album entitled “Romances”, the fourth was released in 2001 and was called “My romances”.
Although everything went well between the two singers, the relationship of respect and cordiality was so severed that Armando Manzanero and Luis Miguel distanced themselves. What happened? Rumors suggested that Manzanero believed that the “Sun of Mexico” had taken a haughty and ungrateful attitude.
According to Who magazine, the interpreters had an accident when Luisito Rey’s son refused to participate in a Manzanero tribute concert held in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá in 2018.
During an interview asking Manzanero if Luis Miguel would participate, he gave an answer that cast the “Sol de México” in a bad light:
“There are people who don’t know gratitude. I don’t want to talk about him, but I’m sorry. It’s easier for an elephant to get in through the eye of a needle than for Luis Miguel to do something for others (…) He left a man who is great, like Alejandro Fernández, bad, if he did, what can be expected of him? He went crazysaid.
After the death of Armando Manzanero, several artists spoke about the death of the composer and expressed their condolences to his family. However, the singer-songwriter’s family received no word from Luis Miguel.
When their daughter María Elena Manzanero was asked if Luis Miguel had spoken out about her father’s death, she replied: “I couldn’t tell him about Luis Miguel, but they didn’t have a close friendship; If I can tell who called, why we discussed it over lunch. Alejandro Sanz called, Julio Iglesias called, I know they called Diego [Manzanero, mi hermano] is the one closest to the media”.