Concha Piquer, lover of her Pygmalion, queen on Broadway and a fortune in diamonds, mansions and fur coats

For the annals of history,

has been and will always be the best songwriter.

No matter how long others may be (as the Jury said in an interview with

), the Valencian diva imprinted the destiny of millions of people with her prodigious voice.

It was the soundtrack of a gray Spain.

The last show of

this season is dedicated to the great star.

Who was going to tell him when he was born in 1906 that

New York's

would surrender at his feet as a teenager in the middle of the Jazz era.

And that he even recorded a sound film entitled

, which would be a milestone in the history of cinema since, to date,

(1927)

has been considered

the first sound film.

This challenge was achieved thanks to the teacher

- grandfather of the actresses

- who became her

when he took her to participate in the opera

.

In addition, he became her lover.

Despite her youth, the Piquer was a lot of Piquer.

Upon returning to Spain in 1926, the composers

made her a star with the songs

and

.

Little given to interviews, it was known that she was obsessed with jewelry, designer clothes and, of course, her famous trunks.

After several romances, the bullfighter

fell in love with her despite being married and with three daughters.

But whoever pursues her, gets her and, despite the fact that bullfighting did not go with her, the right-hander got a divorce in the Second Republic - the Franco regime later prohibited it - and they were married in 1942. Until the date of the wedding it is a mystery.

That fact was a scandal since the Church did not recognize their connection and the birth of their daughter

, in 1943, was not registered since, had it been done, Doña Concha would have appeared as a single mother.

Hence, Conchín said on numerous occasions that he was born in

, since his godmother was the ineffable

.

Despite having starred in only five films in Spain, he worked with the greatest:

.

It didn't take her long to set up company with 200 people, something unheard of for a woman in those days.

And, of course, between tours, she always carried her famous trunks loaded with costumes and technical equipment.

Hence the classic expression of

.

This great lady of the scene retired in 1958. And twelve years later her daughter Concha Márquez Piquer, who was already married to the bullfighter

,

savored the debut

, who was not amused by her dedication to show business.

They had two daughters,

.

Due to the horns that the right-hander put on him, his many nights away from home and his enormous revelries, the marriage divorced in 1982. That same year, he married the actor

, with whom he would have his daughter

, from 34 years.

Doña Concha passed away in 1990. Thank God and fate she did not experience the great family misfortune when Coral died in a car accident at the age of nineteen in 1996. The daughter of the great diva is retired from the song.

She is a multimillionaire, her mother left her a lavish inheritance made up of

.

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