Piero Antonio Franco De Benedictis , better known simply as Piero ( Gallipoli , Italy , April 19, 1945 ) is a rock singer and Latin American trova Italian-Argentine origin . index biography Childhood and youth Piero , whose full name is Piero Antonio Franco De Benedictis arrived in Argentina in 1948 , at 3 years of age. His family settled in the village of Banfield , south of Buenos Aires , until 1951 , when his family moved to Allén ( Black River Province ) , where he attended primary and the music began . He debuted on television in 1964 , singing Italian melodic songs like Alla face face nonna and Giovane , giovane . In 1965 the album has The gadget and Rosa , Rosita ( themes fashionable Roberto Carlos , and in 1966 , The umbrella . In 1969 he won the Third Festival of Song of Buenos Aires with the theme As we are. His consecration was on the theme My old man , starting a collaboration with the poet José Tcherkaski , which lasts until today . From that time are songs like Do not go please , I have tired skin in the afternoon , If you you go . Between 1970 and 1972 , leading to disk John Bowling , Pedro No , Walking in Caracas , Song to Magdalena , I come . He gradually changing the style of his artistic production , to be consecrated as one of the most prominent figures of the politics of protest song . Exile in Europe [edit · edit code ] In 1976, he was exiled because of the military dictatorship in Argentina . He first lived in Italy and then in Spain , where he remained until 1981 , when he returned to Argentina . In the mid eighties left the protest music , founding an organic farm near Campana ( Buenos Aires province ) together with teenagers from poor families . Return to Argentina [edit · edit code ] Pointing to a much younger audience and rocker than in the past , Piero managed to have a great season in 1982 : twice filled the stadium Works ( one of the classic rock stage in Argentina ) , attended the festival B. A. Rock , and performed seven shows , full of audience , in the Opera theater ( of Buenos Aires ) . On the other hand , was notably absent in the Festival of Latin American Solidarity , organized during the Falklands War . Accompanied by José Tcherkaski , conducted in 1985 a tour of Latin America , which reached its maximum success in Colombia and Ecuador , where he gathered 80,000 people in total. During that tour participated in a concert to benefit the victims of the tragedy of Armero ( in Colombia ) , which caused 30,000 deaths . There he played with Julio Iglesias, Joan Manuel Serrat and José Luis Rodríguez El Puma ) . That tour lasted inside the country and confirmed his popularity, as 70,000 spectators convened , but his records were not equal success. Since then , sporadic performed recitals, both in Argentina and in other Latin American countries , although without the massive call of yesteryear. In 1995 he undertook the publication of a double album dedicated to the rights of children. Participated in the venture international figures such as David Gilmour ( Pink Floyd ) , Annie Lennox and Joaquín Sabina, and national as León Gieco , Jairo , Baglietto , Miguel Cantilo and football idol Diego Maradona. The project was declared of national interest and royalties were donated to UNICEF. For much of the decade of the nineties lived in Colombia , reaching Colombian citizenship receive hands then president of that country , Ernesto Samper . With this , had three citizenships : Italian , Argentina and Colombia. In 1998 , Governor Eduardo Duhalde was appointed Secretary of Culture of the Province of Buenos Aires.2 In 2001 he published a new work, including some old classics and 6 unreleased tracks : 30 years of armored songs . In February 2011 he recorded the anthem of Banfield in Football for All by the 4th . ª date fúbol Clausura 2011 Argentina. That same year he made some gigs in tribute to Facundo Cabral , who appeared in one of the presentations . Your son is a musician and actor Juan De Benedictis , ex-partner and father of the eldest daughter of the famous actress Jane Viale.3 Arrest warrant [edit · edit code ] On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 , a federal court in the city of La Plata (capital of the province of Buenos Aires ) ordered the arrest of singer Piero for not showing up to testify in a case that was still against him for an alleged Argentine government fraud while serving as Secretary of Culture of the Province of Buenos Aires . However, the case against prescribed 15 of the same month it s been six years since judgment was given oral.4 Discography [edit · edit code ] 1969 : Piero ( My old ) 1970: Peter No 1972 : Songs of my country 1973 : For the people what the people 1974 : Folklore my way 1975 : Symphony unfinished at sea 1976 : And my people where going (unpublished in Argentina until 1982 ) 1981 : Memories 1981 : Human Heat ( Live ) 1982 : Song of the tenderness 1983: A Common Man ( Live ) 1984 : What a generous cases, my land 1985 : The regalao 1986 : The galaxies we look 1989 : In spite of everything 1989 : Piero , 15 years later ( Live ) 1999 : Piero and Paul live from Colombia ( with Pablo Milanes ) 2001 : 30 years of armored songs (compiled with 6 unreleased tracks ) Collective [edit · edit code ] 1996 : All Voices Cultural references [edit · edit code ] In Latin dubbing the episode The Ziff Who Came to Dinner The Simpsons , Homer starts singing a modified version of the song My old : He is a good guy my son who walks alone and waiting, and I can not strangle ... . This adaptation was made by Humberto Vélez , director and adapter dubbing the series at the time.
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