Mari Trini
Mari Trini | |
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| Birth name | María Trinidad Pérez de Miravete-Mille y Pascual del Riquelme |
| Born | 12 July 1947 Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Spain |
| Died | 6 April 2009 (aged 61) Murcia, Murcia, Spain |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
María Trinidad Pérez de Miravete-Mille y Pascual del Riquelme (12 July 1947 – 6 April 2009), better known as Mari Trini, was a Spanish singer-songwriter.
Born in Caravaca de la Cruz, she learned to play guitar as a youngster and wrote songs from an early age. Trini met producer Nicholas Ray in the 1960s, and he encouraged her to move to London; soon after she left for Paris, where she eventually signed to a record label. Her debut album was released in 1969, and through the 1970s and 1980s was a popular figure in Spanish pop music.
Mari Trini died in Murcia in 2009, from lung cancer.