Jairo
Born: 1949-06-16 in Cruz del Eje, Córdoba, Argentina
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jairo, pseudonym of Mario Rubén González Pierotti (born June 16, 1949) is an Argentine singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout his career, he has performed more than 500 songs in Spanish, French and Italian. Among its most widespread songs they are: «Tu alma golondrina», «Por si tú quieres saber», «Tristezas», «De pronto sucedió», «El valle y el volcán», «Si vuelves será cansancio», «Amigos míos me enamoré», «Hoy dejó la ciudad», «Nos verán llegar», «Revólver» and «Me encanta esta hora del día». Mario Rubén González Pierotti was born in Cruz del Eje, on June 16, 1949. His beginnings as a singer were at school, where the band "The Twisters Boys" joined and finally adopted the name Marito González in game shows media hometown. In 1970, together with a friend from high school, he distributed a twelve demo songs to different music producers; thus it managed to record a single disc with two songs. The artist Luis Aguilé sent him a job offer, signing a distribution agreement with CBS and moving to Spain. In 1971 he won first Premio de la Crítica Española and second prize in the Festival of the Costa del Sol. That same year he was hired by the Ariola label. With the establishment of the National Reorganization Process in power, he chose to go into exile in Spain and later in France. He recorded with Astor Piazzolla in 1981 several songs composed especially for him by Piazzolla himself and the Uruguayan poet Horacio Ferrer, among which stands out «Milonga del trovador» and «Hay una niña en el alba». Towards the end of the military dictatorship, he returned to Argentina and gave a recital on the Avenida 9 de Julio, where he played to 1.2 million people their version of «We Shall Overcome». Throughout his career, he shared scenarios both their country and hospitalization stages with artists such as: Ana Belén, Ariel Ramírez, Eladia Blázquez, Graciela Borges, Jaime Torres, Juan Carlos Baglietto, La Mona Jiménez, Lito Vitale, Mercedes Sosa, Pedro Aznar, Piero and Víctor Heredia. Source: Article "Jairo (singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2025
- Echoes of Silence as Man who sings
2024
- El Buscador en Red as Self
2018
- Jairo: Imágenes Recobradas as Él mismo
2017
- Tango in Paris: Memories of Astor Piazzolla as Self (archive footage)
1996
1995
- Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going as Carlitos (voice)
1990
- Peor es nada as Self - Guest
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Téléthon as Self
- 40° à l'ombre as Self
1984
- La Chance aux chansons as Self
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
1980
- Locos por la música as Él mismo
1977
- Fan School as Self
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Numéro un as Self