| Name |
Marco Antonio Muniz |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Mexican |
| Date of Birth |
3-March-1933 |
| Place of Birth |
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Marco Antonio Muniz is a singer from Jalisco, Mexico. Known all over Latin America, Muniz declared publicly and in most countries he had visited, that Puerto Rico is his second country, and many Puerto Ricans consider him to be an "honorary Puerto Rican". A few Puerto Rican song standards (such as the danza "Alondras en el bosque") have Muniz as their definitive interpreter. He also acted in Sinful.
Muniz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. From an early age, he showed musical talent, specifically as a romantic singer.
Muniz's first album was a tribute to singers of other eras. It was titled "Aquellas Canciones!" ("Those Songs!"), and it was released in 1956. That was the first of close to 80 albums, all of which he recorded under the BMG or RCA Internacional labels.
In 1965, he began an uninterrupted streak of years traveling to Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan around Christmas, to offer concerts there (at one time, Muniz claimed he was such a regular at the hotel that could figure out his way out of any of the hotel's suites and out of the facility blindfolded). This lasted close to thirty years. Muniz has since returned for yearly shows at the Caribe Hilton, this time around Mother's Day.
Among the albums recorded by Muniz are Marco Antonio Muniz con Los Trovadores del Caribe (Marco Antonio Muniz with Los Trovadores del Caribe) which was his fourth album, Mi Novia es Guadalajara! (Guadalajara is my Girlfriend!), which was his fifth, Salsa a la Manera de... (Salsa, Marco Antonio's Way..., which represented his first foray into the Salsa rhythm), 1991's Mi Borinquen Querido (My Dear Borinquen, where he paid homage to Puerto Rican folklore music), a 1993 dedication to Pedro Infante, and a 1997 album and CD which was dedicated to José Alfredo Jimenez.
His extensive solo career includes top 40 hit chart singles all over Latin America such as "Voy a Cambiar Mi Corazon" by singer/composer Miguel Poventud. He is an international artist with fans in Brasil and Poland.
