Antonio Prieto (Chilean singer)

Chilean actor

Antonio Prieto

Born	Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (1926-05-26)26 May 1926 Iquique, Chile
Died	14 July 2011(2011-07-14) (aged 85) Santiago de Chile
Occupation(s)	Actor, singer
Years active	1954–68

Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (26 May 1926 – 14 July 2011)^[1] was a Chilean singer and actor.

Also a popular singer, he scored an international 1961 hit with "La novia", mostly known in English-speaking countries as "The Wedding". In 1995 a 20 Greatest Hits CD was released, which included such hits as "La novia" and "El milagro". He also made a very popular Spanish version of a song from the Italian singer Domenico Modugno.

Prieto also sang a popular ballad, "Juan Bobo", in homage to the popular Juan Bobo of Puerto Rican folklore.^[2]^{[unreliable source?]}

Partial filmography

Juan Mondiola (1950)
The Two Little Rascals (1961)
La novia (1961)
La boda (1964)
El tímido (1965)
La industria del matrimonio (1965) - (segment "Romántico")
De profesión, sospechosos (1966) - Joaquin Frias
Eroe vagabondo (1966)

References

^ Ulloa, Eric; Ponce, David (July 14, 2011). "La música está de duelo: Muere Antonio Prieto, quien inmortalizó "La Novia"" (in Spanish). Emol. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
^ Musica Fusion, Juan Bobo Retrieved 2013-05-29