Singer Manolo Escobar, whose "Y Viva Espana" became a best-selling single during Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 82. By Associated Press Singer ...
Singer Manolo Escobar, whose best-selling track Y Viva Espana became part of Spain's cultural identity in the 1970s, has died aged 82. Escobar died at home in the town of Benidorm surrounded by his ...
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The man who made Y Viva España the soundtrack to Spanish holidays in the 70s has died at the age of 82. Manolo Escobar’s 1973 version of the hit coincided with the country’s tourist boom and was sung ...
Spanish singing legend Manolo Escobar, who helped make the musical homage to his homeland “Y Viva Espana” an international hit, has died at the age of 82. Hugely popular with Spaniards and tourists at ...