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Julio Iglesias Early career to 1978

 

Off to a great start after winning the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's contest in Spain,  in 1968, he signed a contract with a Columbia Records Latin music label, Discos Columbia. He represented Spain at the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fourth behind Northern Irish singer Dana Scallon, and the Welsh singer Mary Hopkin. His entry was the song LA VIDA SIGUE IGUAL, which was his first recording.

During the 1970s he married the Spanish-mestiza Philippine socialite Isabel Preysler with whom he had three children: Chabeli Iglesias, who has been a show host and is now a news reporter in Washington D.C., Enrique Iglesias, now a world-famous singer who followed in his father's footsteps, and Julio José Iglesias, a model who has released two CDs. In the 1970s the Iglesias family's private life became very public, with Julio and the rest of the family frequently featured on the covers of various international magazines.

 

The singer's latest album, ROMANTIC CLASSICS was released in September, 2006.

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