Peret
Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player, composer and actor, called the King of Catalan Rumba. Known for his 1971 single “Borriquito,” Peret represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with the song “Canta y sé feliz.” In 1982, Peret withdrew from the music industry, joining the Iglesia Evangélica de Filadelfia, a large religious community of the Spanish gypsies, devoting himself in the following years exclusively to preaching and other religious activities. After leaving the church in 1991, he resumed his music activity and recorded new albums. In 1992, he sang at the Barcelona Olympic Games during the closing ceremonies. Peret died in Barcelona in 2014 from lung cancer, aged 79.
Acting
TV
Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Contestant
1956
Movie
Killer Housewives
as Cura
2001
Movie
Los Tarantos
as Guitarist
1963
Movie
Petitet
as Himself (archive footage)
2018
Movie
El taxi de los conflictos
as El bígamo
1969
TV
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Movie
Amor a todo gas
as Self
1969
Movie
A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa
as Pedro
1971
Movie
Si Fulano fuese Mengano
as Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García
1971
Movie
¡Qué cosas tiene el amor!
as Peret / Antonio
1973
Movie
El mesón del gitano
as Peret
1970
Movie
Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana
as Himself
2016
Movie
Un día después de agosto
as Guitarist
1968
Movie
Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2019
Movie
Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta
as Self
2016
Movie
El ventilador. Una història de rumba
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Movie
¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret
2013
TV
El convidat
as Self
2010