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