Jose Luis Perales

José Luis Perales is a Spanish singer-songwriter born in Villa de Castejón, Cuenca. He started very young to study music; he was six years old when he started to play the flute. When he was 16 moved to Sevilla to study to become an electrician. There he learnt much more music. When he finished high studies, moved to Madrid. Worked there as an electrician and started to compose some of his songs. He has written songs for the following artists: Isabel Pantoja, Raphael, Miguel Bose, Julio Iglesias, Rocío Jurado, Jeanette, Paloma San Basilio and la Oreja de Van Gogh. He has received more then 100 golden and platinum records and has written more than 450 songs. Has 27 records and more than 50 million copies of them have been sold. Discography: 1973 Mis canciones [Hispavox] 1974 El pregón [Hispavox] 1975 Para vosotros Canto [Hispavox] 1976 Por si quieres conocerme [Hispavox] 1977 Si... [Hispavox] 1978 Como la Lluvia fresca [Hispavox] 1978 Soledades [Hispavox (edited only in América) 1979 Tiempo de otoño [Hispavox] 1981 Nido de águilas [Hispavox] 1982 Entre el agua y el fuego [Hispavox] 1984 Amaneciendo en ti [Hispavox] 1986 Con el paso del tiempo [Columbia Records] 1987 Sueño de libertad [Columbia Records] 1989 La espera [Columbia Records] 1990 A mis amigos [Columbia Records] 1991 América [Columbia / Sony Music] 1993 Gente maravillosa [Columbia / Sony Music] 1996 En clave de amor [Columbia / Sony Music] 1998 Quédate conmigo [Columbia / Sony Music] 2000 Me han contado que existe un paraíso [Sony Music] 2006 Navegando por ti [Sony Music / BMG]