Manitas de plata avec brigitte bardot biography

Both Manitas and Clergue once strode France as giants.

Manitas de Plata, a celebrity of flamenco guitar who sold millions of records, befriended Salvador Dalí and Brigitte Bardot, performed for raucous crowds at.

The guitarist Manitas de Plata, who has died aged 93, became an international star in the 1960s, his was the name most widely associated with flamenco.

Manitas died on 5 November 2014, and his obituary in the Washington Post quoted Brigitte Bardot, in an interview with Agence France Presse, as saying, "Manitas.

Manitas de Plata was one of the world's most renowned flamenco guitarists, who sold almost 100 million records and whose charismatic stage presence helped him.

The guitarist Manitas de Plata, who has died aged 93, became an international star in the 1960s, his was the name most widely associated with flamenco....

Manitas de Plata

Spanish flamenco guitarist (1921–2014)

Manitas de Plata
Manitas de Plata in 1968
Birth name	Ricardo Baliardo
Born	(1921-08-07)7 August 1921 Sète, France
Died	5 November 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 93) Montpellier, France
Genres	Flamenco
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar

Musical artist

Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French^[1]flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France.^[2]

Life and career

Baliardo was born in a gypsy caravan in Sète, southern France.^[2]

Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver" in Spanish), he agreed to play in public only ten years after the death of Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt, in 1953.^[3]

Baliardo attained fame in the United States after a photography exhibition in New York, organized by his friend