Biography
Juan Ramón
Real name: Ellery Guy Rech
Effective period / Period of releases: 1968 - 1984
Argentinian singer and actor. Born on January 13, 1940 in the Santa Fe town of Cañada de Gómez, son of the Italian Juan Rech, a native of Mell Beluno, Venice, and the Campanense Magdalena Peretto. His beginnings in music were in the early 1960s with songs that were already hits in Europe and the United States, including the Spanish version of "Aline", a hit by French singer Christophe. His greatest hits knocked on his door when he joined producer Ben Molar to make his first compositions. In 1961 his first LP was recorded for the Disc Jockey record label, which was followed by several more with the accompaniment of Horacio Malvicino's orchestra.He obtained the greatest success in the 1960s, often interpreting "hits" of the Italian and French song for the RCA Victor house, and it is there at the height of his resonance that he begins to use the nickname Juan "Corazón" Ramón, for the tone of his romantic music, although he has also ventured into tango and tropical music, beginning in the 1980s. In 1970 he performed in Panama, where he was so successful that he settled there for a time, obtaining gratifying results from your stay. The same thing happened in Colombia.
In the year 1977 and until 1983, Juan Ramón settled in Peru, and it is there where he meets who his current wife is. In mid-1983 he returned to Argentina, hired by Mario Kaminsky, producer of Microfón Argentina SA (MICSA), releasing a dozen LPs between 1983 and 1988. He would soon reap excellent sales in his country, with new appearances on television, and it would fill the Astros Theater, on Corrientes Street, in a series of shows with great public success.
At the end of 1988, he disassociated himself from Microfón, to go on to record for other record companies, venturing into tropical music and from the 1990s, his records range from melodic to pop and from quartet to cumbia, always with the public support and acceptance.
Throughout his career, Juan Ramón covered various rhythms and melodies, without forgetting tango, recording more than 1,300 songs, some of which are still unreleased in Argentina. In the same way he received numerous awards and recognitions, and continued to tour abroad, especially Latin America and even the United States, where every year he performs the "Valentine's Day" recital in New York. 2010 found him celebrating his 50 years with music, and touring Argentina with his shows, presentations on radio and TV stations.
Discography:
Albums
Entre campeonas... Un Campeón (1961)
Juan Ramón con la juventud (1962)
Jóvenes... jóvenes... (1963)
Siempre con la juventud (1963)
Aniversario (1964)
Juan Ramón solo!!! (1964)
Con nosotros!! (1965)
Más Corazón que nunca! (1965)
Si no te tuviera más (1966)
Venecia sin ti - Muñeca de cera (1966)
Juan Ramón en Benidorm (1967)
Juan Ramón (1967)
Juan Ramón en Roma (en italiano, 1967)
El máximo (1968)
A todo ritmo (1968)
Juan Ramón (1969)
Otra vez Juan Ramón (1970)
De amor ya no se muere (1974)
Más y más!!! Juan Ramón hoy (1983)
Juan Ramón 84 (1984)
Otra vez Nº 1 (1984)
El fenómeno (1985)
Los inéditos de Juan Ramón (1985)
El ídolo (1986)
Voz de pueblo voz de Dios (1986)
Firme junto al pueblo (1987)
Internacional (1987)
¡Super bailable! (1988)
El suceso del año!! (1988) - junto a Heraldo Bosio
Juan Ramón en Roma (en Castellano) (1988)
Amor en Budapest (1989)
¡La fiesta de Juan! - 29 Éxitos Enganchados (1989)
El suceso del año Vol.2 (1990) - junto a Heraldo Bosio
Show '90 (1990)
Pasito tun tun (1991)
Sacala a bailar (1992)
Reencuentro (1997)
Lo Mejor de Juan Ramón (1997)
Grandes Éxitos - Serie Argentinísima (1998)
Serie 20 Éxitos (1999)
El corazón que canta (2001)
20 Secretos de Amor (2004)
El ídolo eterno (2005)
Como no creer en Dios (2009)
Bachatas... y algo más! (2012)
Infiel (2013)
Juan Ramón y sus amigos (2015)
Soundtracks and collaborations
1965: Banda de sonido de la película "Nacidos para cantar", con Violeta Rivas.
1966: Banda de sonido de la película "El galleguito de la cara sucia".
1966: Banda de sonido de la película "Muchachos impacientes", con Marco Antonio Muñiz, Simonette, Emily Cranz y Raúl Lavié.
1984: Canción “Guarda tu amor” con Romana Farrés.
1987: Disco simple: ”Resistiré” y “Con maracas y guitarras”, junto a Leonardo Favio.
1988: LP "El suceso del año!!", con Heraldo Bosio.
1988: Banda sonora "Gánele al 2" (TV),1 Tele2Dos.2
1990: LP "El suceso del año Vol. 2", junto a Heraldo Bosio.
1992: LP "Para festejar...!", junto a Heraldo Bosio.
2003: CD "Amigos", con Hernán Berti.
Filmography
1964 - El desastrólogo
1965 - Nacidos para cantar
1965 - Viaje de una noche de verano
1965 - Muchachos impacientes
1966 - Una ventana al éxito
1966 - El galleguito de la cara sucia
1969 - La culpa
1969 - El bulín
1970 - El sátiro
1974 - Operación Guante Verde (no estrenada comercialmente)
1976 - Chao amor
1986 - En busca del brillante perdido
Television
1985 - Calabromas (participación especial)