Peret
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1935
- Died
- August 27, 2014 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Mataró, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
La casa de Peret
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
El ventilador. Una història de rumba
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba
Movie · as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Petitet
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta
Movie · as Self
Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana
Movie · as Himself
¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret
Movie
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
El convidat
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Killer Housewives
Movie · as Cura
¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!
Movie · as Peret / Antonio
Si Fulano fuese Mengano
Movie · as Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa
Movie · as Pedro
El mesón del gitano
Movie · as Peret
Amor a todo gas
Movie · as Self
El taxi de los conflictos
Movie · as El bígamo
Un día después de agosto
Movie · as Guitarist
Los Tarantos
Movie · as Guitarist
Eurovision Song Contest
TV · as Self - Spain Contestant · 1 ep