Peret
Acting
15
Movies
3
TV Shows
18
Credits
About
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.
Peret
Acting
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.
Eurovision Song Contest
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Killer Housewives
Los Tarantos
Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba
El taxi de los conflictos
Amor a todo gas
El convidat
El mesón del gitano
¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!
Petitet
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa
Si Fulano fuese Mengano
Un día después de agosto
El ventilador. Una història de rumba
Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta
Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana
¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret