Background
Jose was born on April 8, 1951, in Guerrero, Mexico.
Jose was born on April 8, 1951, in Guerrero, Mexico.
in 1959 When he was eight years old he entered as an internal student at an educational establishment in Guanajuato, where he took his first steps in the world of music; in fact, he modified the lyrics of the songs and composed musical verses.
At 17 he began his musical career. Due to the difficulty of earning a living as a singer, he served as an administrative assistant at the Oaxtepec Vacation Center, a hotel and tourist complex in Morelos.
In 1968, singer and actress Angélica María visited the seaside resort of Oaxtepec, and while making a reservation at the hotel complex she listened to Sebastian sing some songs, and convinced of her talent she gave her the phone number of the musician and producer Eduardo Magallanes so that Get in touch. That year he went to Mexico City to contact Magellan, but he was on a concert tour. Even so, he tried to uselessly contract with the record label Discos Orfeón.
After several months in search of a musical audition in the Mexican capital, he met producer Chucho Rincón of the record company Discos Capitol, who initially did not take him into account, but later they would release Sebastian's first song together.
In 2002 he published Lo di el corazón and won his first Grammy awards, in 2003 he went on sale Lucky. He was awarded the ASCAP Award (Society of Composers of the United States) in 2002 and 2003 as a composer of the year. In 2005 he released a disc of several musical genres called Inventory; The following year he recorded a live album at the National Auditorium and released another album entitled "Beyond the Sun."
In 2007 he produced a disc of ranchera music for Vicente Fernández with unpublished songs of his own, the title was Forever. In that same year, he released a new band album called No es de Madera, from which the first single Love without makeup is extracted, the central theme of the soap opera of the same name, broadcast on Televisa, where he shared the role with Lucía Méndez.
The singer reports his retirement from the stage in 2014, due to health problems, after they discovered that bone cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 1998, had returned. This caused the cancellation of several events that were scheduled for that year.
With a strong character and strong personality, Joan Sebastian could compose the same a wild bravado, a song to cut his veins or touch the most romantic fibers, to play with the verses until touching the mischievousness, never reaching vulgarity, and even singing In Japanese and English.
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