Falete
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Rafael Ojeda Rojas alias Falete (faˈlete) (Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, 1978) is a gay gypsy flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 singer from Seville, Spain.

His father is a member of the musical group Cantores de Híspalis, and he made his debut in the Teatro Lope de Vega, Seville  when he was 15 years old, dedicating his performance to La Chunga
La Chunga
Micaela Flores Amaya, La Chunga , is a Spanish flamenco dancer and painter of naïf art.She does not know the exact date she was born...

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In the 1990s, he took part in several event in different cities all over the world (Danzas de España, etc.)

He has been promoted by various celebrities, like the journalist Jesús Quintero and in his discography, he makes versions of famous songs of singers like Bambino, Rocío Jurado
Rocío Jurado
María del Rocío Trinidad Mohedano Jurado , was a Spanish singer and actress. She was born in Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain and was nicknamed "La más grande" . Jurado was once married to boxer Pedro Carrasco, with whom she had a daughter, Rocío Carrasco...

, Chavela Vargas
Chavela Vargas
Isabel Vargas Lizano is a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer. She is especially known for her rendition of Mexican rancheras genre - a folkloric musical genre widely popular in Mexico - but she is also recognized for her contribution to other popular Latin American song genres...

 and Paco Ibáñez
Paco Ibáñez
Francisco "Paco" Ibáñez is a Spanish singer and musician born in Valencia on November 20, 1934, before the Spanish Civil War.He went to France in 1952 during the Franco dictatorship in Spain and recorded his first album in 1964....

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Discography

  • ¿Quién te crees tú?, 2008
  • Coplas que nos han matao, 2007
  • Puta Mentira, 2006
  • Amar duele, 2004

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