Alfredo Zitarrosa, also known as "El Cantor," was a singer, songwriter, poet and
journalist from Uruguay. He was born on March 10, 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
He began his career in media as a radio announcer, which would later flourish
into a career as a TV presenter, actor, and journalist throughout the 1950s.
Though he had always been interested in music, it was only in the mid 1960s that
he started to perform as a singer, performing on a radio show in Peru. This led
to further performances throughout Uruguay and Argentina, and eventually found
himself performing at large fes...