Sergio Denis
| Sergio Denis | |
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Sergio Denis in the 1980s
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Héctor Omar Hoffmann |
| Born |
16 March 1949 Coronel Suárez, Argentina |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, composer, actor, author |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1969– |
| Labels | Columbia Broadcasting System (1969–1975), TK (1976) PolyGram (1977–1990) EMI Odeón (1991–1995) and BMG. |
| Website | http://www.sergiodenis.com.ar/ |
Héctor Omar Hoffmann, better known as Sergio Denis (born in San José, Colony N° 2, Coronel Suárez, 16 March 1949) is an Argentine singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Héctor Hoffmann was born in a family of descendants from Volga Germans; his father being Feliciano Hoffmann and his mother María Esther Fenzel. The only excepcion to this Volga German background was his maternal grandmother, of Spanish descent. During his childhood, he used to sing in school festivals and family meetings. When he was 16 years old, was a member of a band named "Los Jokers", with which he toured for 4 years the neighbouring cities to his town.
In March 1969 he moved to Buenos Aires and entered the group "Los Bambis", and together recorded for the first time for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). The vinyl recording was named Los Bambis también cantan. CBS producers soon saw Hoffmann's potential as a solo singer; in November 1969 he recorded the songs Fui un soñador (I was a dreamer) and Te llamo para despedirme (I call you to say goodbye), produced and written by Francis Smith.
This single began to have radio airplay in December, and on 1 January 1970 Denis first performed on TV, in the programme "Casino Philips", hosted by Andrés Percivale and broadcast by Canal 13 de Buenos Aires. During that same month, Canal 13 hired him for another programme, Sábados Circulares hosted by Pipo Mancera. In March, Denis travelled to México D.F. to participate in the contest "Primer Festival de la Canción Latina" (First Festival of the Latin Song), event in which he reached the 5th place with the song Yo te amo como entonces (I love you like before); curiously this song was never released. Once he returned to Argentina, he was enlisted to do the Servicio Militar Obligatorio, and assigned to the Batallón de Comunicaciones 181 in Bahía Blanca. So, he alternated his military duties with his public performances and TV performances.
In 1972, due to the success of a song written by him, he co-starred the film Me enamoré sin darme cuenta (I fell in love without noticing it) with Alicia Bruzzo and Luis Brandoni, directed by Fernando Siro. On 31 July 1974 he sang in the Teatro Opera, being the first pop/ballad singer to perform in that prestigious theatre. His performance was backed up by a 36 musicians-orchestra directed by Jorge Calandrelli.
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