A Biography of Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
By: Amber Williams
Music Survey
2nd Hour
May 7, 2012
Freshman
Julio Iglesias In Madrid, Spain on September 23, 1943 Julio José Iglesias was born to Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria Del Rosario. Julio had one brother named Carlos Iglesias. When Julio graduated from high school he went to law school in Madrid and played goalie for Real Madrid’s football (soccer) team. On September 22, 1963 a day before his 20th birthday Julio had an injury to his spinal cord because of a car crash. Because of the injury he had something called Paraparexia which is compression of the spinal cord. Because of this the doctors said he would never walk again. Though he could walk later on his legs were permanently weakened. He had therapy for it until October 2010 and to increase agility in his hand he began to play guitar. When he recovered he went to the UK to study the English language. In 1971 eight years after his accident he married a lady named Isabel Preysler. They had three children together Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and Enrique Iglesias two of which also became singers. Julio and Isabel’s marriage was annulled eight years later in 1979. Julio married Miranda Rijnsburger 20 years later and had five children Miguel, Rodrigo, Victoria and Christina who were twins and Guillermo Iglesias. In 1979 Julio went to Miami, Florida and signed a record deal with CBS International and was singing songs in different languages like French, Portuguese, German and many other languages. In 1984 he released an album by the name of 1100 Bel Air Place which sold over 4 million copies in the United States with the song “ To All the Girls I Loved Before” reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also appeared on T.V. Shows like the Golden Girls. Over his lifetime Julio has released over 15 albums. He nominated for various Grammys like Best Latin Pop Performance, Regular Latin Pop Performance, Best Latin Pop Album, and Best Latin
By: Amber Williams
Music Survey
2nd Hour
May 7, 2012
Freshman
Julio Iglesias In Madrid, Spain on September 23, 1943 Julio José Iglesias was born to Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria Del Rosario. Julio had one brother named Carlos Iglesias. When Julio graduated from high school he went to law school in Madrid and played goalie for Real Madrid’s football (soccer) team. On September 22, 1963 a day before his 20th birthday Julio had an injury to his spinal cord because of a car crash. Because of the injury he had something called Paraparexia which is compression of the spinal cord. Because of this the doctors said he would never walk again. Though he could walk later on his legs were permanently weakened. He had therapy for it until October 2010 and to increase agility in his hand he began to play guitar. When he recovered he went to the UK to study the English language. In 1971 eight years after his accident he married a lady named Isabel Preysler. They had three children together Chabeli Iglesias, Julio Iglesias Jr., and Enrique Iglesias two of which also became singers. Julio and Isabel’s marriage was annulled eight years later in 1979. Julio married Miranda Rijnsburger 20 years later and had five children Miguel, Rodrigo, Victoria and Christina who were twins and Guillermo Iglesias. In 1979 Julio went to Miami, Florida and signed a record deal with CBS International and was singing songs in different languages like French, Portuguese, German and many other languages. In 1984 he released an album by the name of 1100 Bel Air Place which sold over 4 million copies in the United States with the song “ To All the Girls I Loved Before” reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. He also appeared on T.V. Shows like the Golden Girls. Over his lifetime Julio has released over 15 albums. He nominated for various Grammys like Best Latin Pop Performance, Regular Latin Pop Performance, Best Latin Pop Album, and Best Latin