On April 24 of1857 one of the most illustrious personalities of Aielo was born.
He was one of the main drivers of the construction of the Hidroeléctrica Ayelense, co-founder of La Botellería (wine cellar) and creator of the nurseries and the industry of the cuttings.
A man of great generosity, he donated the land on which the new schools were built and repeatedly gave large sums of money for various activities. And they say that when there was no work for their laborers, he employed them in public improvement work of the town and continued paying them the wages out of his own pocket.
The Charity Hospital could be constructed thanks to his generosity. And after the Civil War, his sponsorship kept it operational.
He died on March 25 in1942, at 85 years of age.
As a token of appreciation to his many contributions to Aielo, in 1956 the City Council named a street after him.
In late 1962, he founded the Hispanic ensemble, with his friends Felix Sanchez and Salvador Aranda. They came to be finalists in the national radio contest “Fiesta in Spain”, but the ensemble was dissolved soon after. Los Superson were looking for a singer and Luis Manuel took the position. This set, with different musicians over time, would forever accompany the singer.
After military service in the Navy in Cartagena, he worked in an office and made his debut as a soloist in the Song Festival of La Vall d’Uixo in 1968.
Miguel Siurán, his first manager, christened him with the artistic name of Nino Bravo. He recorded his first single with songs by Manuel Alejandro: “Como todos” and “Es el viento”. In the summer of 1969 Augusto Algueró gave him “Te quiero, te quiero” a song that despite being recorded by the artists Raphael, Lola Flores and Carmen Sevilla, had not been released. Nino Bravo achieved an outstanding success. In 1970 he represented Spain at the V Song Festival in Rio de Janeiro with the song “Elizabeth”.
On April 20, 1971 he secretly married Maria Amparo Martínez Gil with whom he had two daughters. In 1972 he released his third album, “Un beso y una flor” with which he achieved great success. In November 1972 he participated in the VII Song Festival of Rio de Janeiro with the song “Mi Tierra” as a Spanish representative, tying for first place with American David Clayton-Thomas. The victory was snatched from him by the president of the jury, being American, he should not have voted for their own country. Shortly after he released his fourth album that included one of his biggest hits: “Libre”.
At the height of his career, admired and loved in Spain and Latin America, on April 16, 1973 he suffered a car accident that caused his death.
