Manu Chao

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Birth Name: José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao

Age: 64, born 21 June 1961

Country of origin: BERJAYA France

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64 votes

Bands I've seen live (478 items)
list by the giraffe

Published 15 years, 11 months ago BERJAYA

25 comments

23 votes

Best of Rock (60 items)
list by pacificus

Published 12 years, 1 month ago BERJAYA

4 comments

17 votes

French music worth listening to (28 items)
list by johanlefourbe

Published 13 years, 9 months ago BERJAYA

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13 votes

Favorite songs (31 items)
list by compcua

Published 13 years, 3 months ago BERJAYA

1 comment

6 votes

Music Artists (96 items)
list by Lazward

Published 16 years, 2 months ago BERJAYA

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Manu Chao Videos

Manu Chao-Bongo Bong(great song)

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Manu Chao - Welcome To Tijuana

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Manu Chao - Mentira

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Description: Chao was born in Paris, France, to Spanish parents. His mother, Felisa Ortega, is from Bilbao, Basque country and his father, writer and journalist Ramón Chao, is from Vilalba, Galicia. They emigrated to Paris to avoid Francisco Franco's dictatorship —Manu's grandfather had been sentenced to death. Shortly after Manu's birth, the Chao family moved to the outlying suburbs of Paris, and Manu spent most of his childhood in Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres. As he grew up he was surrounded by many artists and intellectuals, most of whom were acquaintances of his father.Chao cites much of his childhood experience as inspiration for ... (more)

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