Manuel Alejandro

{{Short description|Spanish composer (born 1933)}}

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| birth_name = Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|02|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), Spain

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| occupation = Songwriter, Producer

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Manuel Álvarez-Beigbeder Pérez (born 21 February 1932),{{cite news|url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9874180406&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9874113384&cisb=22_T9874113383&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=172820&docNo=1|title=Manuel Alejandro : Naci Con La Habilidad De Conectar Dos Palabras Con Una Melodia |language=Spanish |work=Efe News Services |url-access=subscription |date=20 April 1999 |last=del Amo |first=Carlos|accessdate=4 August 2010}}{{cite news|url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9874180406&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9874113384&cisb=22_T9874113383&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=256121&docNo=5|title=Tres décadas poniendo la letra: Manuel Alejandro, galardonado por su trayectoria en los Premios de la Música |language=Spanish |last=de Miguel |first=Maurilio |date=1 April 2008|work=El Mundo, archived at LexisNexis|accessdate=4 August 2010}} better known as Manuel Alejandro, is a Spanish composer of Latin love songs, which are better known as ballads. He has written, composed, and arranged songs for the likes of Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo, Nino Bravo, Julio Iglesias,{{cite news|url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9873952994&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9873952989&cisb=22_T9873952988&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=304478&docNo=1|title=International Superstar Pours 'Ancestral Energies' Into Latest Album |url-access=subscription |agency=Associated Press, archived at LexisNexis |date=22 May 1987 |last=Staff|accessdate=4 August 2010}} Raphael, Hernaldo Zúñiga, José José,{{cite news|url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9873952994&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9873952989&cisb=22_T9873952988&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=11811&docNo=4 |url-access=subscription |title=Jose Jose is the Sinatra of Mexico |date=30 August 1991 |last=Infusino |first=Divina

|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune, archived at LexisNexis|accessdate=4 August 2010}} José Luis Rodríguez,{{cite news

|url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9873952994format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9873952989&cisb=22_T9873952988&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=5545&docNo=5 |title=Pro Audio |url-access=subscription |work=Billboard, archived at LexisNexis |date=30 November 1991 |last=Staff |accessdate=4 August 2010}} Emmanuel,{{cite news |url= http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/nexis/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9873952994&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9873952989&cisb=22_T9873952988&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=147871&docNo=12

|title=Emmanuel gains poetic rewards |url-access=subscription |work=Austin American-Statesman, archived at LexisNexis |date=23 May 1995 |last=Staff|accessdate=4 August 2010}} Enrique Guzmán, Isabel Pantoja, Rocío Jurado, Rudy Marquez, and Jeanette, among many others.