Jairo [ˈxajɾo], pseudonym of Mario Rubén González Pierotti (born June 16, 1949), is an Argentine singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 500 songs in Spanish, French and Italian.
Among its most widespread songs they are: «Tu alma golondrina», «Por si tú quieres saber», «Tristezas», «De pronto sucedió», «El valle y el volcán», «Si vuelves será cansancio», «Amigos míos me enamoré», «Hoy dejó la ciudad», «Nos verán llegar», «Revólver» and «Me encanta esta hora del día».
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Biography
Mario Rubén González Pierotti was born in Cruz del Eje, on June 16, 1949. His beginnings as a singer were at school, where the band "The Twisters Boys" joined and finally adopted the name Marito González in game shows media hometown.
In 1970, together with a friend from high school, he distributed a twelve demo songs to different music producers; thus it managed to record a single disc with two songs. The artist Luis Aguilé sent him a job offer, signing a distribution agreement with CBS and moving to Spain.
In 1971 he won first Premio de la Crítica Española and second prize in the Festival of the Costa del Sol. That same year he was hired by the Ariola label. With the establishment of the National Reorganization Process in power, he chose to go into exile in Spain and later in France.
He recorded with Astor Piazzolla in 1981 several songs composed especially for him by Piazzolla himself and the Uruguayan poet Horacio Ferrer, among which stands out «Milonga del trovador» and «Hay una niña en el alba».
Towards the end of the military dictatorship, he returned to Argentina and gave a recital on the Avenida 9 de Julio, where he played to 1.2 million people their version of «We Shall Overcome».
Throughout his career, he shared scenarios both their country and hospitalization stages with artists such as: Ana Belén, Ariel Ramírez, Eladia Blázquez, Graciela Borges, Jaime Torres, Juan Carlos Baglietto, La Mona Jiménez, Lito Vitale, Mercedes Sosa, Pedro Aznar, Piero and Víctor Heredia.
Discography
1965: Muy juvenil
1970: Emociones
1971: Por si tu quieres saber
1973: Si vuelves, será cansancio
1974: El valle y el volcán
1975: Amigos míos, me enamoré
1975: Jairo canta a Borges
1976: De qué me sirve todo eso
1977: Liberté es la nostalgia
1977: Guitarra
1978: Les plus beaux noel du monde
1979: Viva el sol
1979: Chansons a regarder
1980: Symphonie
1980: Jairo
1981: Jairo a L’Olimpia
1981: Morir enamorado
1981: Viviré libre
1981: Jairo internacional
1981: Mis mejores canciones
1982: L’amour au present
1982: Todo Jairo
1982: Jairo en italiano
1982: Este amor es como el viento
1983: Serie Oro: Jairo
