{{Short description|Spanish music producer and songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2017}} '''Miguel Blasco''' is a music producer and songwriter. Born in Spain.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/noticias/miguel_blasco_recuerda_como_desleal_a_ale_guzman/oci477074 |title=Miguel Blasco recuerda como desleal a Ale Guzmán |work=terra.com |accessdate=25 September 2010 }}</ref>
When he was 16 years old, he joined his first rock band and moved to [[Ibiza]] in 1963 through the first years of the musical movement called "beatnic", before the "hippies". On stage, he joined [[Brian Jones]] from the [[Rolling Stones]], Willy Brook (drum player for [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]), Emilio Sangaro, [[Ian Anderson]], among others, in the only night club in the island.
Later he appeared on a "Marcofestival" in [[Barcelona]] and began to write [[Film score|musical scores]] for Catalan films. He also joined [[Jimi Hendrix]] on "Club Babalu" in 1966 and discovered singer-songwriter [[Joan Manuel Serrat]].
He was forced to join the army in 1969, staying off the stages for 18 months. When he returned from military duty, he preferred to work on an independent label as a talent scout, moving to London to pursue this. When he returned to [[Madrid]], he became the disc jockey at the "Club Hotel Barajas" with success.
Years later he joined Ramon Segura on a new label called [[Ariola]] as Marketing Director and had the opportunity to work on the first three albums by [[Camilo Sesto]]. His musical experience helped him to win the "Best Marketing Director in Spain" for three years in a row.
Due to his success, other record labels wanted him on the staff; offers from [[Columbia Records|CBS]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], Movieplay and [[Hispavox]] came along. He decided to join the weakest one: Hispavox, and turned that label into a very successful one, recording albums from [[José Luis Perales]], [[Paloma San Basilio]], [[Raphael (singer)|Raphael]] and [[Bebu Silvetti]] as piano player. All these albums hit the No. 1 spot in Spain, along with another international artists like [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] and [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]. In only a year, Hispavox became the number one label in Spain. Blasco worked there for nine years.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://albumcredits.com/Profile/225894 |title = Miguel Blasco – Album Credits |work = albumcredits.com |accessdate = 25 September 2010 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707105309/http://albumcredits.com/Profile/225894 |archivedate = 7 July 2011 }}</ref>
Hispavox lost the distribution by [[Warner Bros. Records]] and Miguel worked to fill that void, using the advantage that his label had the best recording studio in the country.
Singers like [[Raphael (singer)|Raphael]], [[Alberto Cortez]], [[Paloma San Basilio]], [[Mecano]], [[Alaska (singer)|Alaska]], Nacha Pop, Radio Futura, among others, were developed on Hispavox by Blasco.
Blasco later worked with [[Rafaela Carrá]] on three albums. In 1984, he decided to retire for a few years, but before this he travelled to Mexico with the Spanish team to compete in "[[Festival OTI]]". [[EMI International]] purchased Hispavox and offered a contact to Blasco to be producer and artistic manager.
From 1984 to 1994, [[EMI International]] was a very strong label with the launching of very strong sellers like [[Daniela Romo]], [[Yuri (Mexican singer)|Yurí]], [[Fandango (Mexican band)|Fandango]], [[Pandora (band)|Pandora]], [[Tatiana (singer)|Tatiana]], [[Mijares]], [[Sentidos Opuestos]], [[Angela Carrasco]], [[Lucía Méndez]] and [[Nelson Ned]].
[[Paulina Rubio]] wanted to work with Blasco since she was a little girl, and when she got signed by EMI, he produced her first three albums, selling almost 2 million copies.
While he was working on EMI, he developed another artist for [[Warner Bros. Records]]: [[Rocío Banquells]] who sold 1.5 million copies.
He also developed [[Fonovisa|Melody]] for [[Televisa]] in Mexico with performers like [[Alejandra Guzmán]] and [[Lucero (actress)|Lucero]], selling seven million copies.
Blasco developed many new talents, including Omar Alfano and Rudy Pérez. He later became the President for the label "Lideres", from 2001 to 2002.
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==External links== *[https://myspace.com/miguelblasco Miguel Blasco] on [[Myspace]]
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