The man who made Y Viva España the soundtrack to Spanish holidays in the 70s has died at the age of 82. Manolo Escobar’s 1973 version of the hit coincided with the country’s tourist boom and was sung ...

Escobar sang in 2010 when Spain's football team won the World Cup Singer Manolo Escobar, whose best-selling track Y Viva Espana became part of Spain's cultural identity in the 1970s, has died aged 82.

Spanish singing legend Manolo Escobar, who helped make the musical homage to his homeland “Y Viva Espana” an international hit, has died at the age of 82. Hugely popular with Spaniards and tourists at ...