Peret

Biography

Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player, composer and actor, called the King of Catalan Rumba. Known for his 1971 single “Borriquito,” Peret represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song “Canta y sé feliz.” In 1982, Peret withdrew from the music industry, joining the Iglesia Evangélica de Filadelfia, a large religious community of the Spanish gypsies, devoting himself in the following years exclusively to preaching and other religious activities. After leaving the church in 1991, he resumed his music activity and recorded new albums. In 1992, he sang at the Barcelona Olympic Games during the closing ceremonies. Peret died in Barcelona in 2014 from lung cancer, aged 79.

Known For

Killer Housewives

as Cura

Petitet

as Himself (archive footage)

Cachitos de hierro y cromo

as Self (archive footage)

El taxi de los conflictos

as El bígamo

Amor a todo gas

as Self

A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa

as Pedro

Si Fulano fuese Mengano

as Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García

¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!

as Peret / Antonio

El mesón del gitano

as Peret

Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana

as Himself