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Julio Iglesias in First Class to Enter Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame By Judy Cantor-Navas
Manuel
Alejandro, Jose Angel "Ferrusquilla" Espinosa, Jose Feliciano, Julio
Iglesias, Armando Manzanero, and Concha Valdez Miranda are the first
five songwriters to be honored by the recently created Latin Songwriters
Hall of Fame at a ceremony presented in association with Billboard.
The composers, from Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba, will
be inducted at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 23, at the New World Center
in Miami Beach. John Leguizamo will host the gala event, which takes
place during the Billboard Latin Music Conference.
Composer Desmond Child and composer/producer Rudy Perez, co-founders
of the hall, announced the inaugural inductees today (January 28) at a
press conference in Miami. Spanish pop singer/songwriter Natalia Jiménez
-- who will receive a special award for young songwriters, Jon Secada,
and members of the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame Board of Directors
joined Perez and Child for the announcement.
April's black-tie gala and subsequent Hall of Fame events will "honor
the world's greatest Latin songwriters and their music in every genre."
A nominating committee made up of songwriters, performing artists,
musicians, producers, recording engineers, music critics and industry
executives will meet once a year to nominate twenty-four candidates from
all genres of Spanish and Portuguese-language music in the categories
of Performing Songwriters and Non-Performing Songwriters.
All members of the organization were eligible to vote for five out of the twenty-four of the inaugural round of nominees.
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