The singer Mari Trini was born on July 12, 1947 in the town of Caravaca de la Cruz, in the province of Murcia, Spain. However, when she was very young, she moved to Madrid with her family.
Her childhood was not very fortunate, since at the age of 7 she contracted a disease which forced her to stay in bed until she was 14 years old, which would greatly mark her character.
At the age of 15 she met the great filmmaker Nicholas Ray, a fact that was going to change her life, by offering to travel to London to participate in a feature film and, although it could not be done, this helped Mari Trini to work a time on a London radio show and studying with actor Peter Ustinov.
After spending a year in London, the singer went to Paris, where she recorded some songs in French, returning to Spain after 5 years, where she immediately signs a contract with the RCA record company, recording her first album, to which she puts her name, “Mari Trini”.
In 1970 she recorded her second album, “Amores”, with Hispavox, and it is this that makes her popular, obtaining a great sales success and demonstrating her talent not only as a singer but also as a composer.
The following year he released one of his most famous albums, “Listen to me”, which includes songs considered to be the singer’s most popular today, such as “I am not that.”
The actress continues to release songs and perform performances, and in the second half of the 70s, despite her peculiar style, she becomes closer to the pop of the time, with songs such as “A mi aire”.
In the 80s, after releasing the album “Oraciones de amor”, he released “A star in my garden”, which would also eventually become one of his biggest hits.
The singer continues to release records, such as “Diario de una mujer”, “Who will sell me”, “Mirages”, “Without barriers” or “Alas de cristal”, her latest album being “Mari Trini with Los Panchos”, in which , as the name suggests, the singer sang with the group.
After said album, Mari Trini stayed away from music due to both problems with her record company and health problems. One of the last public events he attended was the delivery of the prize awarded by the Murcian community, on the occasion of Women’s Day, “Fight for Equality”, in recognition of having managed to reflect inequalities and inequalities in his lyrics. women’s problems.
On April 6, 2009, Mari Trini died, due to complications in an illness she suffered, in the city of Murcia.