Chico Novarro
Chico Novarro | |
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Novarro in 1975 | |
Born | Bernardo Mitnik 4 September 1933 (1933-09-04) Santa Fe, Argentina |
Died | 18 August 2023 (2023-08-19) (aged 89) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Bernardo Mitnik (4 September 1933 – 18 August 2023), best known as Chico Novarro, was an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer, musician, television presenter and actor. He specialized in tango and bolero compositions.
Life and career
Born in Santa Fe, the son of a Ukrainian shoemaker and a Jewish housewife of Romanian origin, Novarro started studying music at young age; as an adolescent he moved to Córdoba to cure his asthma, and there he began playing drums in a jazz band and in an orchestra.[1] In 1956 he joined the jazz ensemble Agrupación Nuevo Jazz, which also included Gato Barbieri.[1] In 1961, he moved to Buenos Aires, where he briefly joined the jazz band Swing Timers,[2] and formed the duo Los Navarros with Raúl Bonetto, recording an album for RCA.[1]
Novarro had his breakout as a cast member of the 1962-4 Canal 13 musical show Club del Clan [es], which gave him immediate notoriety and made him a teen idol.[1][2] He soon started releasing successful albums, and authoring hits for other singers including Palito Ortega and Violeta Rivas.[1]
Between late 1960s and 1970s Novarro collaborated several times with María Elena Walsh.[1] In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Eladia Blázquez, who introduced him to the tango composition.[2] Another notable collaboration was with Rubén Juárez, who starting from 1983 recorded several of his songs, also duetting with him in "Cordón" and "El último round".[1] Starting from the late 1980s he had a large stage success with the show Arráncame la vida.[1][2]
Among Novarro's major hits were "Carta de un león a otro", the OTI Festival 1979 winner "Cuenta conmigo", "Algo contigo", "El camaleón", "Cómo".[1][2] During his career he composed over sixty hundred songs, as well as film scores and incidental music.[2] Beyond boleros and tangos, he also composed pop, rock, jazz, and cumbia songs.[3] He also appeared in several films, mostly comedies.[2] He died on 18 August 2023, at the age of 89.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Giordano, Santiago (19 August 2023). "Chico Novarro, amo y señor de la canción popular". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Redacción (18 August 2023). "Murió Chico Novarro, uno de los grandes compositores de boleros y canciones románticas". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "La carrera de Chico Novarro: del "Club del Clan" a los grandes boleros". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 18 August 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
External links
- Chico Novarro discography at Discogs
- Chico Novarro at IMDb
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- 1972: Brazil
- 1973: Mexico
- 1974: Puerto Rico
- 1975: Mexico
- 1976: Spain
- 1977: Nicaragua
- 1978: Brazil
- 1979: Argentina
- 1980: Puerto Rico
- 1981: Spain
- 1982: Venezuela
- 1983: Brazil
- 1984: Chile
- 1985: Mexico
- 1986: United States
- 1987: Venezuela
- 1988: Argentina
- 1989: Mexico
- 1990: Mexico
- 1991: Argentina
- 1992: Spain
- 1993: Spain
- 1994: Argentina
- 1995: Spain
- 1996: Spain
- 1997: Mexico
- 1998: Chile
- 2000: United States
- 1972: "Diálogo"
- 1973: "Qué alegre va María"
- 1974: "Hoy canto por cantar"
- 1975: "La felicidad"
- 1976: "Canta cigarra"
- 1977: "Quincho Barrilete"
- 1978: "El amor... cosa tan rara"
- 1979: "Cuenta conmigo"
- 1980: "Contigo, mujer"
- 1981: "Latino"
- 1982: "Puedes contar conmigo"
- 1983: "Estrela de papel"
- 1984: "Agualuna"
- 1985: "El fandango aquí"
- 1986: "Todos"
- 1987: "La felicidad está en un rincón de tu corazón"
- 1988: "Todavía eres mi mujer"
- 1989: "Una canción no es suficiente"
- 1990: "Un bolero"
- 1991: "Adónde estás ahora"
- 1992: "A dónde voy sin ti"
- 1993: "Enamorarse"
- 1994: "Canción despareja"
- 1995: "Eres mi debilidad"
- 1996: "Mis manos"
- 1997: "Se diga lo que se diga"
- 1998: "Fin de siglo: Es tiempo de inflamarse, deprimirse o transformarse"
- 2000: "Mala hierba"
- 1972: Paulo César Pinheiro / Baden Powell
- 1973: Celia Bonfil
- 1974: Nydia Caro / Ricardo Ceratto
- 1975: Felipe Gil
- 1976: María Ostiz
- 1977: Carlos Mejía Godoy
- 1978: Denisse de Kalafe
- 1979: Chico Novarro / Raúl Parentella
- 1980: Ednita Nazario
- 1981: Pablo Herrero / José Luis Armenteros
- 1982: Luis Gerardo Tovar / Carlos Moreán
- 1983: Jessé F. Santos / Elifas V. Andreato
- 1984: Fernando Ubiergo
- 1985: Marcial Alejandro
- 1986: Vilma Planas
- 1987: Luis Gerardo Tovar / Arnoldo Nali
- 1988: Carlos Castellón
- 1989: Jesús Monarrez
- 1990: Francisco Curiel / Pedro Cárdenas
- 1991: Claudia Brant / Sebastián Schon
- 1992: Chema Purón
- 1993: Alejandro Abad
- 1994: Pocho Lapouble
- 1995: Alejandro Abad
- 1996: Chema Purón / Eduardo Leiva
- 1997: Francisco Curiel / José Manuel Fernández / Pedro Cárdenas
- 1998: Florcita Motuda
- 2000: Angie Chirino / Olga María Chirino / Emilio Estefan
- 1972: Claudia Regina & Tobías
- 1973: Imelda Miller
- 1974: Nydia Caro
- 1975: Gualberto Castro
- 1976: María Ostiz
- 1977: Guayo González
- 1978: Denisse de Kalafe
- 1979: Daniel Riolobos
- 1980: Rafael José
- 1981: Francisco
- 1982: Grupo Unicornio
- 1983: Jessé
- 1984: Fernando Ubiergo
- 1985: Eugenia León
- 1986: Damaris Carbaugh, Miguel Ángel Guerra and Eduardo Fabiani
- 1987: Alfredo Alejandro
- 1988: Guillermo Guido
- 1989: Analí
- 1990: Carlos Cuevas
- 1991: Claudia Brant
- 1992: Francisco
- 1993: Ana Reverte
- 1994: Claudia Carenzio
- 1995: Marcos Llunas
- 1996: Anabel Russ
- 1997: Iridián
- 1998: Florcita Motuda
- 2000: Hermanas Chirino