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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 5, 1943
Place of Birth
Linares, Spain
Also Known As
- Rafael
- Rafael Martos
- Raphäel
- Raphael Martos
- Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez
Raphael
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez, simply referred to as Raphael, is a Spanish singer and television, film and theater actor. Raphael is recognized as one of the most successful Spanish singers in the world. He is nicknamed both El Ruiseñor de Linares, El Divo de Linares and El Niño. His family moved to Madrid when he was nine months old, and he started singing when he was just three. He joined a children's choir at age four. When he was nine, he was recognized as the best child voice in Europe at a contest in Salzburg, Austria. His two idols were US singer Elvis Presley and French diva Edith Piaf. He began his professional career by singing with the Dutch record label Philips. He adopted his own peculiar singing style from the beginning; he is known for acting each one of his songs while on stage, emphasizing his gestures with high dramatic effect. It is not unusual for him to ad lib lyrics as to localize a song depending on the venue he's singing at. He also possesses a wide vocal range, which he often used in the beginning of his career as to evoke a choirboy approach to some songs. When he was nineteen, he won first, second and third awards at the famous Benidorm International Song Festival, Spain, in 1962 and 1963. After a brief relation with Barclay record label, he signed a contract with Hispavox recording company, and began a long artistic relationship with the musical director of this label, the late, talented Argentinian orchestrator Waldo de los Ríos and intensify the partnership with outstanding Spanish songwriter Manuel Alejandro.
Known For
5.5
Self
Alaska Revelada
2024
7.0
Self
Waldo
2024
0.0
Homenaje María Teresa Campos
2024
4.0
Self
Raphael, de tanta gente
2022
9.0
Self
Carlos Rivera: leyendas
2022
3.5
Self
Cruce de caminos
2022
8.0
Self
Raphaelismo
2022
6.0
Self - Invitado
B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón
2021
0.0
Self
Raphael: desde Rusia con amor
2021
5.1
Self - Invitado
Tierra de talento
2019
Credits
Alaska Revelada
as Self
2024
5.5
Waldo
as Self
2024
7.0
Homenaje María Teresa Campos
2024
0.0
Raphael, de tanta gente
as Self
2022
4.0
Carlos Rivera: leyendas
as Self
2022
9.0
Cruce de caminos
as Self
2022
3.5
Raphaelismo
as Self
2022
8.0
B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón
as Self - Invitado
2021
6.0
Raphael: desde Rusia con amor
as Self
2021
0.0
Tierra de talento
as Self - Invitado
2019
5.1
Prodigios
as Self - Actuación
2019
6.0
Ven a mi casa esta Navidad
as Self
2015
0.0
My Big Night
as Alphonso
2015
5.3
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.7
The Voice Spain
as Self - Asesor
2012
7.5
Mentiras verdaderas
as Self
2011
5.5
The Last Circus
as Raphael (voice) (uncredited)
2010
6.7
Raphael: 50 años después - En directo y al completo
as Self
2009
0.0
Sabias a lo que venías
as Self
2007
0.0
El hormiguero
as Self
2006
4.8
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest
2006
4.8
🎬
Todo melódicos
as Self
2006
0.0
Rocío Siempre
2006
0.0
Operación triunfo
as Self - Invitado
2001
6.5
Star Academy
as Self
2001
5.8
🎬
Viva el lunes
as Self
1995
6.0
Siempre lunes
as Self - Guest
1988
0.0
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
1.5
Ritmo, amor y primavera
as Raphael
1981
6.0
Exekution: A Study of Mary
1979
5.0
Rafael en Raphael
as Self
1975
0.0
Volveré a nacer
as Álex
1973
5.0
Sin un adiós
as Mario Leiva
1970
5.8
The Angel
as El ángel
1969
10.0
El golfo
as Pancho
1969
6.1
Let Them Talk
as Pablo
1968
6.0
Al ponerse el sol
as David Alonso
1967
5.0
When You Are Not Here
as Raphael
1966
4.0
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
as Self - Musical Guest
1963
4.7
The Twins
as Raphael
1963
0.0
Where the road ends
as Manuel
N/A
0.0