# Potito (singer)

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Spanish flamenco singer (born 1976)

**El Potito**, (born **Antonio Vargas Cortés** in Seville in 1976) is a Spanish flamenco and new flamenco singer.[1][2] He has been hailed as a "young singer tipped to be following in the footsteps of [El Camaron](/source/Camar%C3%B3n_de_la_Isla)."[3] [Bernard Leblon](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bernard_Leblon&action=edit&redlink=1) said he has a "prodigious voice capable of hitting incredibly high notes, [and] was an overnight sensation in the world of flamenco."[4]

From a child at the age of 10,[5] he began acting, singing and flamenco dancing on the tourist boats on the [Guadalquivir River](/source/Guadalquivir_River). As a teenager, he collaborated with acclaimed artists such as [Paco de Lucía](/source/Paco_de_Luc%C3%ADa) ("[Zyryab](/source/Zyryab)").[6] By 1996 he had already released two albums with collaborations with [Vicente Amigo](/source/Vicente_Amigo) and others. He has since performed in a large number of performances internationally, collaborating in performances of [Joaquin Cortes](/source/Joaquin_Cortes) and [Sara Baras](/source/Sara_Baras), and is a singer in the [Tomatito](/source/Tomatito) group. Altogether he has released six albums, the last of which is *Macandé*.

## Discography

**Contributing artist**

- *[The Rough Guide to Flamenco](/source/The_Rough_Guide_to_Flamenco_(1997_album))* (1997, [World Music Network](/source/World_Music_Network))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Rodgers1999_1-0)** Rodgers, Eamonn (26 July 1999). [*Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ymIXLhegGnwC&pg=PA375). CRC Press. p. 375. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-13187-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-13187-2). Retrieved 23 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Broughton1994_2-0)** Broughton, Simon (1994). [*World Music: The Rough Guide*](https://archive.org/details/worldmusicroughg00brou). Rough Guides. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85828-017-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85828-017-2). Retrieved 23 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BroughtonEllingham1999_3-0)** Broughton, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Trillo, Richard (1999). [*World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East*](https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo). Rough Guides. p. [291](https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo/page/291). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85828-635-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85828-635-8). Retrieved 23 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Leblon2003_4-0)** Leblon, Bernard (1 November 2003). [*Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection*](https://books.google.com/books?id=farZoyKozikC&pg=PA121). Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 121. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-902806-05-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-902806-05-1). Retrieved 23 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Inc.1999_5-0)** [*Billboard*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA93). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 November 1999. p. 93. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0006-2510](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved 23 August 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Potito"](http://www.flamenco-world.com/tienda/author/potito/594/). Flamencoworld.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

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