Raphael
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.
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- 2024 · Waldo as Self
- 2024 · Homenaje María Teresa Campos as
- 2022 · Raphael, de tanta gente as Self
- 2022 · Carlos Rivera: leyendas as Self
- 2022 · Cruce de caminos as Self
- 2022 · Raphaelismo as Self
- 2021 · B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón as Self - Invitado
- 2021 · Raphael: desde Rusia con amor as Self
- 2019 · Tierra de talento as Self - Invitado
- 2019 · Prodigios as Self - Actuación
- 2015 · Ven a mi casa esta Navidad as Self
- 2015 · My Big Night as Alphonso
- 2013 · Cachitos de hierro y cromo as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Voice Spain as Self - Asesor
- 2011 · Mentiras verdaderas as Self
- 2010 · The Last Circus as Raphael (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009 · Raphael: 50 años después - En directo y al completo as Self
- 2007 · Sabias a lo que venías as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Todo melódicos as Self
- 2001 · Operación triunfo as Self - Invitado
- 2001 · Star Academy as Self
- 1995 · Viva el lunes as Self
- 1988 · Siempre lunes as Self - Guest
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as (Song/Variety Album & Original Song of the Year)
- 1981 · Ritmo, amor y primavera as Raphael
- 1979 · Execution: A Story of Mary as
- 1975 · Rafael en Raphael as Self
- 1973 · Volveré a nacer as Álex
- 1970 · Sin un adiós as Mario Leiva
- 1969 · The Angel as El ángel
- 1969 · El golfo as Pancho
- 1968 · Let Them Talk as Pablo
- 1967 · Al ponerse el sol as David Alonso
- 1966 · When You Are Not Here as Raphael
- 1963 · Viña del Mar International Song Festival as Self - Musical Guest
- 1963 · The Twins as Raphael
- Future · Where the road ends as Manuel