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Alfredo Zitarrosa

Alfredo Zitarrosa, also known as "El Cantor," was a singer, songwriter, poet and journalist from Uruguay. He was born on March 10, 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He began his career in media as a radio announcer, which would later flourish into a career as a TV presenter, actor, and journalist throughout the 1950s. Though he had always been interested in music, it was only in the mid 1960s that he started to perform as a singer, performing on a radio show in Peru. This led to further performances throughout Uruguay and Argentina, and eventually found himself performing at large fes...