Full Name:Santiago Auserón
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Santiago Auserón, also known as Juan Perro (July 25, 1954 in Zaragoza, Aragon) is a Spanish singer and lyricist. He was songwriter and vocalist of Spanish rock's Radio Futura. Auserón has been recognized with the Aragón Music Prize for Career Trajectory in 2017, Cubadisco Prize for the Best International Album in 2017 and Aragón Music Prize for the Best Soloist 2019.
From 1972 to 1977 he attended the University of Madrid where he studied philosophy. After that he attended the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris, where he stayed one year.
In 1979, Auserón founded Radio Futura, being part of the Madrilenian scene (Spanish: Movida Madrileña).
In 1992, he left the group and started his career as a soloist under his pseudonym of latin-rock "Juan Perro" and helped rediscovery Compay Segundo and the Music of Cuba in Spain before Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club project.
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