User:Denicho/Francisco de Asis Palacios Ortega

El Pali

Francisco de Asís Palacios Ortega, known as El Pali (Sevilla, Spain, 22 May 1928 - Sevilla 1988), and nicknamed "El Trovador de Sevilla" ('The Troubador of Seville'), was one of the most popular singers and composers of flamenco sevillanas during the second half of the twentieth century. He wrote more than 200 songs and made more than twenty records 1. He was one of the earliest soloists of the sevillana genre, which until then had been dominated by groups. 2

20 discos y escribió más de 200 canciones. Fue uno de los primeros solistas del género de las sevillanas que hasta entonces habían estado dominada por grupos.

He was a jolly fat/heavy-set man. ..