During the 1970s he married the Spanish-mestiza Philippine socialite Isabel Preysler with whom he had three children: Chabeli Iglesias, who has been a show host and is now a news reporter in Washington D.C., Enrique Iglesias, now a world-famous singer who followed in his father's footsteps, and Julio José Iglesias, a model who has released two CDs. His entry was the song "Gwendolyne" which was his first recording. He represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, finishing fourth behind Northern Irish singer Dana Scallon, and the Welsh singer Mary Hopkin. In 1968, he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's contest in Spain, and signed a contract with a Columbia Records Latin music label, Discos Columbia. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University a little later. He had an accident that dashed his hopes of becoming a great soccer player, but during his period in bed, he started to compose songs. During this time, he also enrolled in law school. He was a professional football player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalkeeper. Julio was the son of Julio Iglesias Sr, a doctor. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250,000,000 records in different languages and released 77 records. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born Septemin Madrid, Spain) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish language singer of all time. * Sales figures based on certification alone. Iglesias departs from the love song theme on the album with a version of Don McLean's "Vincent" ("Starry Starry Night"). It also features a duet with Dolly Parton on " When You Tell Me You Love Me" as well as a live version of " As Time Goes By" from Casablanca. It contains his greatest English language hit - his duet with Willie Nelson on "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" which reached the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Love Songs is an English language compilation of mainly love songs by Julio Iglesias released in 2004.
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