José Romulo Sosa Ortíz, aka José José, was a Mexican singer and actor who had a
career singing Latin ballads and pop and also experimented in jazz and bossa
nova.
He was born into a musically-talented family; his father an operatic tenor and
his mother a classical pianist. In his late teens, he later joined a bossa
nova/jazz band called Los Peg, but had his first breakthrough after an
introduction from a friend's sister led him to recording his self-titled debut
album in 1969. He went on to release dozens more, culminating in his last studio
album 'Tenampo' in 2001 when José...