1. Luis Enrique Gatica Silva, better known as Lucho Gatica was a Chilean bolero singer, film actor, and television host known as "the King of Bolero".
17 Facts About Lucho Gatica
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Lucho Gatica is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential exponents of the bolero and one of the most popular of all time worldwide.
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Lucho Gatica toured across the world, performing in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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Lucho Gatica was the uncle of the record producer Humberto Gatica.
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Lucho Gatica recorded his version of Consuelo Velazquez's "Besame Mucho" in 1953.
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Lucho Gatica produced two more albums that year: Las Muchachas de la Plaza Espana and Sinceridad.
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Lucho Gatica moved to Mexico in 1957, where he recorded and released No me platiques mas, Tu me acostumbraste and Voy a apagar la Luz, which was released in 1959.
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In 1956, Lucho Gatica's songs were recorded in the United States on LP for the first time by Capitol Records.
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The third one in that group with Capitol was El Gran Lucho Gatica, which featured such songs as "Somos", "Sabra Dios", and Si me comprendieras.
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One of the three Lucho Gatica albums released in 1958 was a greatest hits compilation; the third was named Envenenados.
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Lucho Gatica married Puerto Rican actress Mapita Cortes, who resided in Mexico.
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Lucho Gatica became a telenovela and rock star during the 1980s; his son Alfredo became a music entrepreneur.
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Lucho Gatica then married his last wife, Leslie Deeb, in 1986.
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In 2001, Lucho Gatica was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
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Lucho Gatica himself was one of the recipients of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
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Lucho Gatica received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording in 2008.
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Lucho Gatica died in Mexico on 13 November 2018 from pneumonia.