Guardiola was born in Barcelona . He performed and recorded mostly Spanish versions of foreign songs and reached his maximum fame in Spain and Latin America in the early 1960s with versions of songs like " Sixteen Tons " , " Mack the Knife " and " Ya Mustafa " . He was known as '' the Spanish Crooner '' due to his style and the types of songs he sang . He represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 , placing 12th . At that time he also sang a few songs with his infant daughter . He retired in 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 1963
Eurovision Song Contest 1963
José Guardiola