El Fary Spain
Biography
José Luis Cantero, (August 20, 1937, June 19, 2007), known professionally as El Fary, was a Spanish singer and actor. The youngest of six children, Cantero was born into a humble family in Las Ventas neighbourhood of Madrid, close to a famous bullring. As a boy he would play truant from school, preferring to spend time imitating his idol, the traditional copla singer Rafael Farina. It was from Farina that Cantero adopted his stage name of "El Fary".
