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Raimon
Ramon Pelegero Sanchis, who takes the stage name of Raimon (), is a Spanish singer, one of the most important exponents of the musical style of Nova Cançó and one of the most well-known veteran artists in the Catalan language.
Biography.
Biography Youth.
Raimon was born in Xàtiva 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
. Initially reticent, Raimon eventually accepted ""per voluntat de servei al país i a la llengua"" (as an act of service to the country and the language). Raimon, without a guitar, sang, together with Salomé, who gave a feminine interpretation of the love song "Se'n va anar" by Josep Maria Andreu and Lleó Borrell. The song, voted by the public, won first prize. From that moment, Catalan song, considered up to then a minority phenomenon of little consequence, began