Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Adria Punti, Anonymous (band), Beth (singer), Bola de Nieve, Franca Masu, Gerard Quintana, Inma Serrano, Jaume Sisa, Joan Manuel Serrat, Joan Miquel Oliver, Josep Maria Espinas, Lluis Llach, Manolo Garcia, Maria del Mar Bonet, Marina Rossell, Marta Roure, Misia, Nina (singer), Ovidi Montllor, Raimon, Ramon Saulo, Sergio Dalma. Excerpt: Ramon Pelegero Sanchis, who takes the stage name of Raimon (Valencian pronunciation: ), is a Valencian Spanish singer, one of the most important exponents of the musical style of Nova Canco and one of the most well-known veteran artists in the Catalan language. Raimon was born in Xativa in the province of Valencia, Spain on December 2, 1940, at el carrer Blanc (White Street), which he references in some songs. In his youth he worked for several years as a radio broadcaster in his hometown, absorbing the music of artists as diverse as Juliette Greco, The Platters, and Juanito Valderrama. At age 21, he moved to Valencia in order to study history. It was there that he discovered Catalan culture, and read writers such as Ausias March, Salvador Espriu, Josep Pla, and Joan Fuster, among others. Prior to this, however, he had already written his first song, Al vent (To the wind). In 1962, Raimon made his first public appearance at a literary prize ceremony. A little later, after entering a contest in Castello, where Els Setze Jutges participated, he sang for them. Josep Maria Espinas was impressed and invited him to Barcelona for the Forum Verges. His success was immediate. Raimon surprised with the form and content of his songs. His urgent texts spoke of a rebellious existentialism; his style departed from the "French style" of Els Setze Jutges and offered a vision of the world tied not to the life of the Barcelona bourgeois in which musicians like Espinas, Delfi Abella, ...