Peret

Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Eurovision Song Contest (1956) — Self - Contestant
2. Killer Housewives (2001) — Cura
3. Los Tarantos (1963) — Guitarist
4. Petitet (2018) — Himself (archive footage)
5. El taxi de los conflictos (1969) — El bígamo
6. Cachitos de hierro y cromo (2013) — Self (archive footage)
7. Amor a todo gas (1969) — Self
8. A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa (1971) — Pedro
9. Si Fulano fuese Mengano (1971) — Raúl Arévalo / Miguel García
10. ¡Qué cosas tiene el amor! (1973) — Peret / Antonio
11. El mesón del gitano (1970) — Peret
12. Peret i l’origen de la rumba catalana (2016) — Himself
13. Un día después de agosto (1968) — Guitarist
14. Peret: The King of the Gipsy Rumba (2019) — Self - Singer (archive footage)
15. Rumba Tres, de ida y vuelta (2016) — Self
16. El ventilador. Una història de rumba (2023) — Self (archive footage)
17. ¡Cuchíbiri, cuchíbiri! La rumba de Peret (2013)
18. El convidat (2010) — Self