Alberto Cortez

Alberto Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo; 11 March 1940 – 4 April 2019) was an Argentine singer and songwriter.

Early life and education Cortez was born on 11 March 1940 in Rancul, in La Pampa Province, Argentina. He began elementary school at the Alberto Williams Conservatory at the age of six. He began composing songs at twelve, including "Un cigarrillo, la lluvia y tú". Later he entered Manuel Ignacio Molina Junior High School in San Rafael, Mendoza. There he continued his studies of music at the Chopin Conservatory of San Rafael.

Career

At seventeen, Cortez became the singer of the Arizona orchestra, where he was known as Chiquito García. At eighteen, he went to study in the Social Sciences and Law School of Buenos Aires and sang in bars to help himself with his studies.

Personal life and death Cortez married Belgian singer Renée Govaerts in 1964. The two lived in Madrid, Spain.

He died as a result of a gastric hemorrhage on 4 April 2019 in the city of Móstoles, in the Community of Madrid, at 79 years of age.