This Sunday, August 28, marks the sixth death anniversary of one of the most important music stars worldwide, it is about John Gabrielwho left a big mark on the industry and on his fans.
Undoubtedly, the singer marked several generations which he delighted with his greatest songs that until today sound in every corner of Mexico.
To remember ‘Divo de Juárez’ with great affection, we bring you one of the songs that stole the public’s attention for quite some time, as well as one of its successful stages, we are talking about his friendship with Rocío Dúrcal, with whom he performed several songs such as “Eternal love”, “I like you a lot”, among others.
Why did their friendship end?
The singer-songwriter and Rocío Dúrcal not only maintained one of the most endearing friendshipss, but they were co-workers who went a long way with huge hits that sold millions.
In the 1970s, the Spaniard arrived in Mexico to seek to conquer the public, where years later, they collaborated on a song to make way for six albums in total.
Despite having a great friendship and being co-workers, the problems did not wait and the controversial estrangement occurred between them.
The break as friends was even more noticeable whenor the singer stopped interpreting the songs that ‘Juanga’ had composed, this according to problems between their record companies.
While his daughter Shaila Durcal, suggested that one of the reasons would have been the envyWell, the Mexican wanted to be like Dúrcal and would have reached an extreme level of even obsessing over how the singer lived.
On the other hand, the brother of the famous, Arturo de la Heras, indicated that the estrangement was due to a labor problem, dwho did not give more details.
“I think it was a question from the public, in general of that morbidity, of why or why not, Juan Gabriel had to feel with his things and Rocío continued with hers, a lot had to do with the record company”, said.
After 10 years of estrangement, in 1997 it seemed that things had returned to normal, but it was not so, because the friendship was hurt again.
Some point out that the Mexican sent cameras to record the singer while filming the video for “La Guirnalda”, something that did not seem to her and caused them to separate again.
Sadly, in 2006, The Spaniard died as a result of uterine cancer and ‘Juanga’ participated in his tribute. Despite this, the daughter of the famous declared a Spanish program.
“He came to visit Isabel Pantoja and did not come to see my mother. My mother died and after a month and a half Juan Gabriel was paying tribute to her. So I say, ‘now you do pay tribute, but you don’t talk to her’ “, he highlighted.
According to her daughter, throughout the period that Rocío was ill, the interpreter of the ‘noah noah’ he did not call her even once, which further destroyed their friendship, until death came.
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