{{family name hatnote|Valderrama|Blanca|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = Juan_el_de_la_Vara_con_Juanito_Valderrama_y_Marchena.jpg | image_caption = Valderrama, Juan el de la Vara and [[Pepe Marchena]] | name = Juanito Valderrama | birth_name = Juan Valderrama Blanca | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|05|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Torredelcampo]] ([[Province of Jaén (Spain)|Jaén]]), [[Spain]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|04|12|1916|05|24|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Espartinas]] ([[Province of Seville|Seville]]), Spain | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1935–2004 | spouse = [[Dolores Abril]] (1954–2004) | children = {{Plainlist| * {{ill|Juan Antonio Valderrama|es}} * Juana Dolores Valderrama Caballero }} }}
'''Juan Valderrama Blanca''' (24 May 1916 – 12 April 2004), better known as '''Juanito Valderrama''', was a Spanish [[flamenco]] and [[folk singer]]. Although he was known for singing [[Copla (music)|copla]], he always claimed to be a flamenco singer.
Born in [[Torredelcampo]], Juanito's recording career began in 1935 and lasted more than 60 years. Among his most famous songs is "[[El emigrante (song)|El emigrante]]", written in 1949, a ballad for the millions of displaced Spaniards who fled the country in the years after the [[Spanish Civil War]]. In 1960 he appeared in the [[El emigrante (film)|film of the same name]].
He was romantically and professionally partnered with singer and actress [[Dolores Abril]] from 1954 until his death in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=106036 |title=La muerte de Juanito Valderrama enmudece al mundo de la copla |trans-title=The Death of Juanito Valderrama Mutes the World of Copla |first=Salome |last=Machio |work=El Periódico Extremadura |language=Spanish |date=13 April 2004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409004356/http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/extremadura/la-muerte-de-juanito-valderrama-enmudece-mundo-de-copla_106036.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> The couple had two children, {{ill|Juan Antonio Valderrama|es}} and Juana Dolores Valderrama, who both became singers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=406375 |title=La hija de Juanito Valderrama y Dolores Abril debuta en la copla |trans-title=The Daughter of Juanito Valderrama and Dolores Abril Debuts in Copla |first=Núria |last=Martorell |work=[[El Periódico de Aragón]] |location=Barcelona |language=Spanish |date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409011457/http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/aragon/la-hija-de-juanito-valderrama-y-dolores-abril-debuta-en-copla_406375.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1956|| ''El rey de la carretera'' || Rafael || |- |1960|| ''[[El emigrante (film)|El emigrante]]'' || Quino || |- |1966|| ''Gitana'' || Manuel || |- |1966|| ''De barro y oro'' || Juan || |- |1967|| ''La niña del patio'' || Juanito Valderrama || |- |1968|| ''El padre Coplillas'' || Don Fernando, el 'Padre Coplillas' || (final film role) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1459623/Juanito-Valderrama.html ''Telegraph'' obituary] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090727162657/http://www.esflamenco.com/bio/en10236.html Juanito Valderrama's biography and discography]
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