Paloma San Basilio

Paloma San Basilio (born November 22, 1950 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Seville, where she was raised until the age of 8. Her family then moved to Lugo. She starred in the Spanish language premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's Evita at Teatro Monumental in Madrid in 1980. The show later transferred to Barcelona and certain cities in Latin America. One of her first greatest hits were "Juntos". She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden, with the ballad "La fiesta terminó" (The Party Ended), composed by Juan Carlos Calderón, and finished 14th. She also starred in highly acclaimed Madrid productions of Man of La Mancha and My Fair Lady, and Victor/Victoria. She is considered one of the best Spanish representatives in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest. She recorded several tracks with Plácido Domingo or José Carreras, and a particularly notable duet version of 'Soledad' by Emilio José. In 2006 she won the special Latin Grammy in New York, of "Excelencia Musical 2006".