1. Jose Manuel Mijares Moran was born on 7 February 1958 in Mexico City) is an adult-contemporary pop singer who is billed as Manuel Mijares (.
14 Facts About Manuel Mijares
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Manuel Mijares began his career at age 23 and achieved high popularity from the mid-80s to mid 90s in Latin America and Japan mainly.
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Manuel Mijares was born in Hospital Espanol in Mexico City in 1958, son of doctor Jose Maria Mijares and dance teacher Maria del Pilar Moran.
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Manuel Mijares's grandparents were Asturian immigrants who arrived in the port of Veracruz.
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Manuel Mijares has 3 brothers Jose Luis, Jorge and Pilar.
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Manuel Mijares's mother influenced his artistic direction, as he himself acknowledges.
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Manuel Mijares made his professional debut in 1981 in a local festival called Valores Juveniles.
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Manuel Mijares made his debut as an actor in the 1987 movie Escapate Conmigo.
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Manuel Mijares earned the gold medal at the Yamaha Music Festival, something that few Latin singers have achieved.
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In 1990, Manuel Mijares released a one-off album recorded in Italian, Nuda liberta.
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Manuel Mijares then followed with Que Nada Nos Separe, which became one of the biggest-selling discs in his career.
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Bebu Silvetti produced the album, which became Manuel Mijares' biggest-selling album to date.
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In 1996, technology allowed Manuel Mijares to sing with the deceased Pedro Infante on the well-received Querido Amigo.
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In 2005, Manuel Mijares released Honor a Quien Honor Merece, a tribute to Mexican star Jose Jose, whom he considers one of his main influences.