Augusto Algueró Dasca was born in Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain on February 23, 1934. He was the son of composer, songwriter Augusto
Algueró Algueró (1907-1992), and composer Rosa Dasca Cariteu (19??-1982). He attended musical studies at the Municipal
Conservatory of Barcelona where he also studied medicine. His musical career began in the 1950s, when
he was sixteen years old. Throughout his career he composed more than 500 songs
and nearly 200 soundtracks for film and television. The vast majority of his
songs were composed with lyrics by Antonio Guijarro and sung by many famous
Spanish artists which were very successful. Thus his name became very popular in
Spain and in America. The many singers who requested their collaboration and he
composed songs for the Five Latinos, Connie Francis, Marisol, Elsa Baeza, Rocío
Jurado and Juan Manuel Serrat. For Serrat he composed ‘Penelope’, an
indisputable classic of the repertoire of the Catalan singer-songwriter, which
first appeared in 1969, and with which the singer won the best performance at
the Rio de Janeiro Festival, while Algueró received the award for the best
composition. He also composed other important themes, which now belong to the
collective imagination, such as ‘Noelia’ (Nino Bravo), ‘Tómbola’ (Marisol) and ‘La
chica ye-yé’ (Concha Velasco).
Between 1961 and 1974, he was married to the actress and
singer Carmen Sevilla, with whom he had a son, composer Augusto José Algueró
García (1964- ). In 1986, he
remarried, this time with Natividad Benito.
Algueró received in 2005 from the president of the
Academy, Eduardo Bautista, the Honor Award in recognition “of his brilliant
career and his decisive contribution to popular music.” "Music is the most universal language
that exists and I have given my whole life," he said.
Augusto Alguero
Jr. died in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain on January 16, 2011 due to a cardiac
arrest during his sleep.
ALGUERO Jr.,
Augusto (Augusto Algueró Dasca)
[2/23/1934, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain – 1/16/2011, Torremolinos, Málaga,
Spain (cardiac arrest)] – composer, songwriter, son of composer, songwriter,
Augusto Algueró (Augusto Algueró
Algueró) [1907-1992] composer Rosa
Dasca Cariteu (19??-1982), married to singer, actress Carmen Sevilla (María del Carmen García Galisteo) [1930- ] (1961-1974) father of composer Augusto
José Algueró García [1964-
], married
to Natividad ‘Nacha’ Benito (1986-2011), awarded lifetime achievement ‘Honor Award’[2005].
The Lawless Mountain - 1953
Juanito - 1960
Juanito - 1960
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