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In 1971, he landed a recording contract with RCA Records. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre.5 Changing his name to Juan Gabriel – Juan in honor of a schoolmaster for whom he held great admiration and adopting the stage surname of Gabriel in honor of his own deceased father, Gabriel Aguilera ,6, he gradually established himself as Mexico’s leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including International star Jos Jos, Anglica Mara, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas, Enriqueta Jimnez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Luis Miguel and Rocio Durcal.7

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One of the most successful singers ever in the Spanish language, the flamboyant and effeminate Juan Gabriel has been a prolific force on the Mexican music scene since the 1970s. From a large family with a story of tragic dimensions, Gabriel began writing songs and performing as a teenager at a cabaret in Tijuana. Upon relocating to Mexico City in ‘71, he scored his first of many hits with the song “No Tengo Dinero” I Don’t Have Money. His naturally perfect pitch and emotional delivery are well suited to the romantic songs he sings, and his breathy whispers are the embodiment of seduction. With a repertoire that includes ballads, full-blown Mariachi songs and light Latin Pop, Gabriel has been a constant presence on the Latin charts, selling more than 60 million records. Known for spectacular shows that stretch out to several hours, he transcends the limitations of a large arena, spontaneously dancing around the stage in his white linen suit like a preacher delivering a sentimental message of love to an enraptured audience.

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In-depth BiographyJuan Gabriel is one of Mexico’s most successful vocalists. A six-time Grammy nominee, Gabriel has sold 30 million copies of his albums and has performed sold-out concerts throughout the world. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Rocio Durcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltran, and Paul Anka. His songs have been covered by a lengthy list of Latin artists, including Ana Gabriel no relation, Rocio Durcal, Isabel Pantoja, Ral Di Blasio, Marc Anthony, and Son del Son, the latter group having released two albums comprised entirely of Gabriel material, Costumbres and Son de Juan. The recipient of the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995, Gabriel was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame the following year. During an interview shortly after his induction, Gabriel said, “I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets and people have been my books.”The youngest of ten children, Gabriel born Alberto Aguilera Valadez was raised in the border town of Juarez by his mother, who worked as a housekeeper. He now owns the mansion in which she worked. Singing from earliest memory, Gabriel was already writing his own songs by the age of 13. Changing his name to Adam Luna, Gabriel began singing in the nightclubs of Juarez’s downtown strip in his teens. One night spot, El Noa Noa, was later immortalized in one of his most popular tunes. Gabriel later moved to Mexico City, changed his name again to Juan Gabriel, and in 1971 recorded his first hit, “No Tengo Dinero” I Have No Money. Over the next 14 years, he rose to international recognition, appearing in such films as Nobleza Ranchera, Del Otro Lado del Puerte, and Es Mi Vida. By 1985, he had sold an estimated 20 million records.Just as his career reached its peak, Gabriel had a major conflict with BMG over control of his copyrights. Over the next eight years, he refused to record any new material. He finally reached a compromise with BMG in 1994, and quickly made up for lost time. In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard’s Latin radio charts. While his own recording of “El Palo” The Stick reached number one, cover versions of his songs — “Como la Luna” Like the Moon by Banda Maguey and “No Tengo Dinero” by Ana Gabriel — also performed well. In 1999, Gabriel’s tour of United States was sponsored by the Sears Corporation. During the next few years, he averaged a new album every year, including Querida, Por los Siglos, and Inocente de Ti. Craig Harris, All Music Guide

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As a superstar and a legend of bygone traditions, a troubadour and cultural icon, Juan Gabriel stirred the roots of the Mexican people by means of his singing, songwriting, and musical productions. His persona escalated throughout the later decades of the twentieth century and by 2000 Gabriel seemed larger than life. Throughout his rise to stardom as a Mexican folk hero, he endeared himself internationally as well, not only to audiences but also to his musical colleagues. Gabriel remained equally at ease in an old hat and jeans as in a tuxedo and unwittingly assumed a unique stature among his countrymen as a symbol of their culture and spirit. His songs and compositions recorded a range of passion–from ballads rife with Mexican folk imagery, to spirited dance tempos and the dramatic ranchera bria song styles–injected with extravagant bursts of Latin flavor and bravado.

Despite the difficult emotional lessons of his youth, Gabriel always enjoyed music and singing. His earliest conscious recollections revolved around singing, even when he was too young to talk. He increasingly embraced music as an escape from the woes of life, and wrote his first song at age 13, unaware that he was destined for international stardom. In retrospect, he likened his musical compositions to an effective method of logging the past, a lyrical diary of the experience of life. As a young performer, he initially took the stage name of Ad&aacuten Adam Luna for a performance on local television in Juarez in 1965, and he was still in his teens when he performed his live debut at an establishment called the Noa Noa in 1966. His performances in the nightclubs around Juarez continued for several years, including frequent performances at club Malib&uacute in Juarez. His experiences served later as the inspiration for his song, “El Noa Noa,” wherein he immortalized those early performance venues of his teen years. Ultimately Gabriel moved to the Mexican national capitol, having secured a recording contract with what later became his perennial label, BMG RCA Records at that time. He changed his name to Juan Gabriel in 1971, to coincide with the move to Mexico City, choosing the name of Juan in honor of a schoolmaster for whom he held great admiration and adopting the stage surname of Gabriel in honor of his own deceased father, Gabriel Aguilera.

Gabriel's fame is founded not only on the strength of his vocal talent, but also on his bent for composing eloquent songs and melodies. The Billboard Music Publishing Spotlight cited Gabriel three times for his original songs during the 1990s. Likewise, two consecutive Billboard Year in Music issues listed Gabriel as the number-two composer of Hot Latin Tracks, citing his hit recordings of “Te Sigo Amando,” and “Asi Tu,” each of which attained the number-one position on the Tracks chart in 1997 and 1998 respectively. “Te Sigo Amando” in fact appeared on the chart for an unprecedented 34 weeks. That song and another popular piece by Gabriel, called “El Destino,” contributed largely to the recognition of BMG Songs as publisher of the year at the Billboard Latin 50 Awards at the Miami Beach Club Tropigala in the spring of 1998. Indeed, Gabriel's popular “Hasta Que Te Conoci” alone was recorded more than two dozen times, including five separate releases by headline singers that placed on the chart, among them Marc Anthony, Ana Gabriel, and Gabriel himself. In total, Gabriel's songs have been sung by a wide assortment of prominent recording artists, such as Roc&iacuteo D&uacutercal and Raul di Blasio.

Between 1986 and 1994 Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, however, setting attendance records throughout Latin America with his vibrant trademark concerts that lasted characteristically for a grueling three hours. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Gabriel over a specified time period. His first recorded release following the agreement in 1994 was an album comprised largely of ballads and with a decidedly modern twist toward the venue of pop music. The release, called Gracias Por Esperar Thanks for Waiting,included crossover tunes branching into reggae, rhythm and blues, gospel, and American country music. Gracias Por Esperaralso featured the Latin Top 50 hit single, “Pero Que Necesidad,” which reached number one on that chart and was released as a video as well. Among his more popular recordings during those years was a collaborative effort with D&uacutercal on Jantos Otra Vezin 1997. The album, one of many partnerships between Gabriel and D&uacutercal, included a duet, called “El Destino,” which was released as a best-selling single track. Additionally, Gabriel's “El Palo,” from his El Mexico Que Se Nos Fuealbum and one of his three Hot Latin Tracks releases of 1996, entered the chart at number one. Also included on that album was the popular, “Mi Bendita Tierra,” and the album featured other hit singles including “Juan Y Maria,” and Cancion ‘87.” Even as Gabriel resumed his recording career in the mid 1990s, his live concerts continued to gross record-setting revenues into the latter part of the decade. He performed also at the Festival Acapulco in a memorable appearance on May 13, 1997.

In 1996, BMG released a retrospective set of CDs to commemorate Gabriel's twenty-fifth anniversary in the recording industry. The package, comprised appropriately of 25 compact discs, was called 25 Anniversario, Solos, Duetos, y Bersiones Especiales.In addition to his native Spanish, Gabriel has also recorded in Portuguese, and he has earned career recognition as a film star and record producer. His 1996 production, Las Tres Senoras, featured three foremost divas of Mexican music, Amalia Mendoza, Lucha Villa, and the late Lola Beltran. The EMI album, which was completed shortly before Beltran's death, included featured vocals by Gabriel and ranchero artist Vicente Fernandez. In other collaborations, Gabriel's remake with Paul Anka of the 1950s Anka hit “Mi Pueblo My Home Town,”debuted at number 18 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. His productions include Isabel Pantoja's biggest selling album, Desde Andalucia,and he produced albums for D&uacutercal also. Gabriel's film credits include Nobleza Ranchera, Del Otro Lado Del Puerte,and Es Mi Vida It's My Life. In Billboardin 1999,John Lammert hailed Gabriel as a “… charismatic performer with muscular pipes … and il hombre m&aacutes trabadorthe hardest working guy …”

A number of popular artists and groups such as Lorenzo Antonio, vocal trio Pandora, La Banda El Recodo, and Gabriel's own backup singer, Stefani Spruill, have honored Gabriel with tribute albums. He has been honored exhaustively with industry awards, including the Golden Nipper for sales in excess of two million units in 1976. In 1999, when Billboard published a special tribute issue in Gabriel's honor, his fans, associates, admirers, and professional colleagues filled 23 pages with adulatory expressions and congratulations for the performer whose persona was by then legendary among Mexicans and Americans alike. Earlier in that same year Gabriel received the People's Choice Latin Music Award Ritmo for best regional artist for his Con La Banda El Recodoplus the La Opinion Tributo Nacional Lifetime Achievement Award from that same organization. The following year, in February of 2000, Billboard announced the pending unveiling of a statue of Gabriel, erected at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, a favorite performance area for mariachi bands. The statue, which took approximately one year to complete, was created by sculptor Oscar Ponzanelli. Gabriel did not sit or pose for the piece, nor would he view the work prior to its unveiling, because of moral compunction. In 1999 he performed across the United States in a tour sponsored by Sears Corporation. Additionally, October of 1999 saw the release of an album by Gabriel with Jos&eacute Jos&eacute the album featured compositions by Gabriel.

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Juan Gabriel Querida Lyrics:QueridaCada momento de mi vidaYo pienso en timas cada díaMira mi soledadmira mi soledadque no me sienta nada bienO ven yaQueridaNo me a sanadobien la heridaTe extraño y lloro todavíaMira mi soledadMira mi soledadQue no me sienta nada bienO ven yaQueridaPiensa en mi soloun momento y veDate cuenta deque el tiempo escruelY lo eh pasado yo sin tio ven ya ah ahQueridahazlo por quienmas quieras tuYo quiero de un nuevo luzen toda mi casaOH OHQueridaVen a mí queestoy sufriendoVen a mí queestoy muriendo Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/fq5 En esta soledadEn esta soledadQue no me sienta nada bienVenQueridaPor lo quequieras tu masvenMas compasión de mi tu tenMira mi soledadMira mi soledadque no me sientanada bienQueridaQueridaDime cuando tudime cuando tuDime cuando tu vas avolver ha hayDime cuando tudime cuando tuDime cuando tuvas a volveeerQuerida he heyQueridaDime cuando tudime cuando tuDime cuando tu vas avolver ha hayDime cuando tudime cuando tuDime cuando tuvas a volveeerHa hayHa hayVen a mi soledadTuYo no puedo ni tequiero olvidarhauDime cuando tuHey tuDime cuando tuHey tuLyrics: Querida, Juan Gabriel end

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Juan Gabriel is one of Mexico’s most successful vocalists. A six time Grammy nominee, Gabriel has sold thirty million copies of his albums and has performed sold out concerts throughout the world. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Rocio Durcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltran and Paul Anka. His songs have been covered by a lengthy list of Latin artists including Ana Gabriel no relation, Rocio Durcal, Isabel Pantoja, Raul di Blasio and Marc Anthony. The recipient of the “ASCAP Songwriter Of The Year” award in 1995, Gabriel was inducted into the “-Billboard Latin Music Hall Of Fame” the following year. During an interview shortly after his induction, Gabriel said, “I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets and people have been my books”. The youngest of ten children, Gabriel born: Alberto Aguilera Valadez was raised in the border town of Juarez by his mother, who worked as a housekeeper. He now owns the mansion in which she worked. Singing from earliest memory, Gabriel was already writing his own songs by the age of thirteen. Changing his name to “Adam Luna”, Gabriel began singing in the nightclubs of Juarez’s downtown strip in his teens. One night spot, El Noa Noa, was later immortalized in one of his most popular tunes. Moving to Mexico City, and changing his name to “Juan Gabriel”, Gabriel recorded his first hit, “No Tengo Dinero I Have No Money,” in 1971. Over the next fourteen years, he rose to international recognition, appearing in such films as “Nobleza Ranchera,” “Del Otro Lado Del Puerte” and “Es Mi Vida” and selling an estimated twenty million records by 1985. Just as his career reached its peak, Gabriel had a major conflict with BMG over control of his copyrights. Over the next eight years, he refused to record any new material. Reaching a compromise with BMG, in 1994, Gabriel quickly made up for lost time. In 1995, three of his songs reached the top forty of Billboard magazine’s “Hot Latin Tracks” radio charts — his own recording of “El Palo The Stick,” which reached number one, and cover versions of his songs, “Como La Luna Like The Moon,” by Banda Maguey, and, “No Tengo Dinero,” by Ana Gabriel. In 1999, Gabriel’s tour of United States was sponsored by the Sears Corporation. In the next few years, he would average a new album every year, ending with the concept-heavy El Son de Juan. Craig Harris, All Music Guide

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Juan Gabriel is one of Mexico’s most successful vocalists. A six-time Grammy nominee, Gabriel has sold 30 million copies of his albums and has performed sold-out concerts throughout the world. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Rocio Durcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltran, and Paul Anka. His songs have been covered by a lengthy list of Latin artists, including Ana Gabriel no relation, Rocio Durcal, Isabel Pantoja, Ral Di Blasio, Marc Anthony, and Son del Son, the latter group having released two albums comprised entirely of Gabriel material, Costumbres and Son de Juan. The recipient of the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995, Gabriel was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame the following year. During an interview shortly after his induction, Gabriel said, “I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets and people have been my books.”

The youngest of ten children, Gabriel born Alberto Aguilera Valadez was raised in the border town of Juarez by his mother, who worked as a housekeeper. He now owns the mansion in which she worked. Singing from earliest memory, Gabriel was already writing his own songs by the age of 13. Changing his name to Adam Luna, Gabriel began singing in the nightclubs of Juarez’s downtown strip in his teens. One night spot, El Noa Noa, was later immortalized in one of his most popular tunes. Gabriel later moved to Mexico City, changed his name again to Juan Gabriel, and in 1971 recorded his first hit, “No Tengo Dinero” I Have No Money. Over the next 14 years, he rose to international recognition, appearing in such films as Nobleza Ranchera, Del Otro Lado del Puerte, and Es Mi Vida. By 1985, he had sold an estimated 20 million records.

Just as his career reached its peak, Gabriel had a major conflict with BMG over control of his copyrights. Over the next eight years, he refused to record any new material. He finally reached a compromise with BMG in 1994, and quickly made up for lost time. In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard’s Latin radio charts. While his own recording of “El Palo” The Stick reached number one, cover versions of his songs — “Como la Luna” Like the Moon by Banda Maguey and “No Tengo Dinero” by Ana Gabriel — also performed well. In 1999, Gabriel’s tour of United States was sponsored by the Sears Corporation. During the next few years, he averaged a new album every year, including Querida, Por los Siglos, and Inocente de Ti. Craig Harris, All Music Guide

In 1971, he landed a recording contract with RCA Records. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre.5 Changing his name to Juan Gabriel – Juan in honor of a schoolmaster for whom he held great admiration and adopting the stage surname of Gabriel in honor of his own deceased father, Gabriel Aguilera ,6, he gradually established himself as Mexico’s leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including International star Lucia Mendez, Estela Nuez, Anglica Mara, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas,Enriqueta Jimnez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Marc Anthony, Rocio Durcal and Son del Son.7

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