Singer and composer Chico Novarro dies at age 88

The singer and composer Chico Novarro, whose leap to fame in the field of music was given from his participation in the television cycle Club del Clan during the 60s, died at the age of 88. This was confirmed by his son, Pablo Novak, on social networks. Also an actor, the artist had a very prolific solo career, which included more than 600 songs, including “Algo contigo”, “Carta de un león a otro” and “Un sábado más”, as well as works for shows and films. Bernardo Mitnik -his real name- was born in the city of Santa Fe on September 4, 1934 and sailed various musical genres such as bolero, tango, jazz, cumbia and pop after his arrival in the City of Buenos Aires in 1960.Two years later he was signed by the RCA Victor record company to be part of the Club del Clan, where he shared the screen with Palito Ortega, Violeta Rivas, Johnny Tedesco and Raúl Lavié, among others; and where he adopted the nickname that would make him known from then on.” El orangután”, “Un sombrero de paja” and “El camaleón” were among those first compositions of his career, a few years before he got fully into tango and bolero, with albums such as “Punto y aparte” (1969), “Alegre y romántico” (1972) and “Algo contigo” (1976); and with compositional collaborations with figures such as Eladia Blázquez, Héctor Stamponi, Rubén Juárez, Federico Silva and Amanda “Mandy” Velazco.In addition, Novarro ventured into acting, with participations in films such as “El persecutor” (1965, by Osías Wilenski), “Hotel alojamiento” (1966, by Fernando Ayala) and “¡Esto es alegría!” (1967, by Enrique Carreras), while on TV he had a role in “El sodero de mi vida” (2001-2002, by eltrece). During his career, he was recognized with two diplomas of merit of the Konex Awards, in 1985 as an author and melodic composer and in 1995 as an author and composer of pop and ballads; while in 2014 he received the mention of Illustrious Citizen of the Buenos Aires Legislature.

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