Luis Gomez-Escolar

Luis Gómez-Escolar Roldán (born 1949) is a Spanish lyricist, composer, producer, musician, and singer. He has written numerous songs, and the Spanish lyrics for many international hits. As a singer he has used the stage name Simone.

Together with , they represented Spain in the OTI Festival 1982 as songwriters with the song "", performed by , which placed second; and also in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", performed by Sergio Dalma, which placed fourth.

Career

He was part of the folk group while studying at university. After the group disbanded, he continued to collaborate with two other members and Honorio Herrero.

First, she released a solo album under the stage name Simone, produced by Herrero and Seijas. Later, the three formed the satirical group , and began writing songs for other artists with a similar style. During , Gómez-Escolar decided to focus his career on songwriting, primarily lyrics.

Gómez-Escolar and Seijas represented Spain in the OTI Festival 1982 together as songwriters with the song "", performed by , which placed second; and also in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", performed by Sergio Dalma, which placed fourth.

In 2004, the song "", written by Gómez-Escolar, Draco Rosa, and Itaal Shur, and performed by Draco Rosa himself, was nominated for Song of the Year at the 5th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Gómez-Escolar has been nominated for the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015, 2018, and 2019.

Songs

Year Song Artist Co-writer(s) 1980 "" Francis Cabrel Francis Cabrel 1981 "" Paloma San Basilio Gianni Gastaldo "" Ricchi e Poveri 1982 "" Mocedades "" 1984 "" Sheena Easton and Luis Miguel Juan Carlos Calderón 1985 "" Iván Pedro Vidal 1987 "" Luis Miguel "" Emmanuel K. C. Porter 1987 "" Jeanette Julio Seijas 1991 "" Sergio Dalma Julio Seijas 1995 "" Ricky Martin "" Ricky Martin "" Andrea Bocelli 1996 "" Ricky Martin "" Roxette "" Andrea Bocelli 1997 "" Roxette Per Gessle 1998 "" Ricky Martin "" Ricky Martin "" Ricky Martin "" Ricky Martin "" Ricky Martin "The Cup of Life" Ricky Martin 1999 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Ricky Martin 2004 "" Draco Rosa 2020 "" Roxette

Albums Year Song Artist 1996 Roxette 1998 Ricky Martin