Xavier Patricio Pérez Álvarez (Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 11, 1951-Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain, October 18, 1990) artistically known as Gato Pérez, was an Argentine musician established in Catalonia, who stood out especially in the musical genre of the Catalan rumba that he fused with salsa. He was a singer, composer, and played both the guitar and bass. Gato Pérez was delivered via a caesarean birth in Buenos Aires and spent his formative years in an upper-middle-class neighborhood. He attended a bilingual school that catered to the children of the industrial and fin…
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