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Peret
Mataró, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player, composer and actor, called the King of Catalan Rumba. Known for his 1971 single “Borriquito,…
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Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player, composer and actor, called the King of Catalan Rumba. Known for his 1971 single “Borriquito,” Peret represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song “Canta y sé feliz.” In 1982, Peret withdrew from the music industry, joining the Iglesia Evangélica de Filadelfia, a large religious community of the Spanish gypsies, devoting himself in the following years exclusively to preaching and other religious activities. After leaving the church in 1991, he resumed his music activity and recorded new albums. In 1992, he sang at the Barcelona Olympic Games during the closing ceremonies. Peret died in Barcelona in 2014 from lung cancer, aged 79.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
El ventilador. Una història de rumba
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba
Movie Self - Singer (archive footage)
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2018
Petitet
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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2016
Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta
Movie Self
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2016
Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana
Movie Himself
- 2013
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2013
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2010
El convidat
TV show Self
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2001
Killer Housewives
Movie Cura
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1973
¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!
Movie Peret / Antonio
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1971
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa
Movie Pedro
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1971
Si Fulano fuese Mengano
Movie Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García
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1970
El mesón del gitano
Movie Peret
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1969
Amor a todo gas
Movie Self
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1969
El taxi de los conflictos
Movie El bígamo
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1968
Un día después de agosto
Movie Guitarist
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1963
Los Tarantos
Movie Guitarist
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1956
Eurovision Song Contest
TV show Self - Contestant
