It wasn’t overnight that Ricardo Montaner rose to fame. The father of the musical duo Always y Ricky He was born in Valentín Alsina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), but when he was still very young he traveled to Venezuela, precisely to Maracaibo, where he began to be part of a church choir.
With the passage of time Ricardo Montaner He realized that music was his thing and he wanted to dedicate himself to this for life. He later formed some rock and pop bands with his friends, such as “The Road Runners” y “Scala”where he worked as a drummer.
“I sang in bars there in Maracaibo, in breweries. And I remember that when I finished singing, I would go to Nelly’s piano bar, which was called ‘El piano blanco’. She sang behind a piano, played wonderfully and sang wonderful songs. I used to love going there to listen to music after finishing work. One day I dared to ask Nelly if she could give me piano lessons”he recalled on one occasion Highlander.
Highlander began to take piano lessons, and at the same time continued to sing in the band “Scala”. She then decided to start her career as a solo singer.
in 1976 Ricardo Montaner he released the single “Mares” from side A and “Júrame” from side B. “Murallas” was the first song on the LP, and that was the first song he presented at a festival: Ancón Festival in Peru.
However, his first complete album was “Cada Día”, which Ricardo Montaner launched in 1982 with the label “Gaviota”. At the end of the 80s the singer arrived in Mexico. “I arrived with an enormous illusion that later became a beautiful reality. I arrived on April 8, directly to Don Raúl’s program, on a Sunday. From there my journey began through all the towns and cities of Mexico; I remember going with a Volkswagen with my producers passing radio by radio with the ‘So in love’ under the arm”remembered Highlander.
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