Antonio Molina de Hoces. Also known as "Antonio Molina", born in 1928 March 9. in the neighborhood of Huelin, also known as the neighborhood of "tiredness" in Malaga and died in Madrid in 1992 March 18. because of a pulmonary fibrosis, diagnosed in 1989. Buried in the Almuden Cemetery, in Madrid.
In 1952 he married Angela Tejedor. From 1952 Antonio Molina was the patriarch of an artist saga. They had eight children, among them Angela, Paula, Miguel and Monica, also devoted to the performing and to the music. His granddaughter Olivia Molina is also an actress. One of his last and greatest satisfactions was to see Angela Molina on stage, singins "coplas" of the popular repertoire "La cosas del querer", a musical movie.
His family was poor and he started working at 10 years old as an animals keeper (pigs and rabbits), waiter, milk delivery man, upholsterer apprentice and many more. WIth fourteen, in 1942, he arrived in Madrid to work and in search of a better future.
Until 1949 he alternates works with various competitions, this is the year of his first award: 150 pesetas and a contract of empployment with a record company for "La Voz de su amo", his first disc contained 4 songs "El agua del avellano" and "El macetero". His greates hits were "Soy minero", "Caballito Bandolero", "El Macetero", "La Estudiantina", "Adiós España" and "Yo quiero ser matador".
In 1954 he established his own show, "Hechizo", in the Calderon Theater. Until 1965 he will perform in various movies, like "El pescador de coplas" in (1953), "Esa voz es una mina" in (1955), "Malagueña" in (1955), "La hija de Juan Simón" in (1956), "Café de Chinitas" in (1957) and "El Cristo de los Faroles" in (1957), among others.
He worked a long time with Juanito Valderrama creating shows. Molina had a loud and bright voice. After a few years of retirement he's back again in 1986.
He was a mix between flamenco singing and Andalusian songs, a performer with a incredible voice. The first one to perform in bulls squares in the presence of 10'000 persons.
We can see a statue of the artist in a square of Malaga, work of the sculptor Santiago de Santiago.
Songs:
A la nanita nana
A la sombra de un bambú
Adiós a España
Adiós, lucerito mío
Ángela del alma mía
Ave de paso
Ay Carmela
Ay Málaga mía
Barcelona
Barquito de mi amor
Buscando pelea
Caballito Bandolero
Caminito de mis penas
Camino
Camino verde
Campanas de San Lorenzo
Canela y clavo
Cantar, cantar
Cocinero, Cocinero
Como en España ni hablar
Con ese beso
Copla y fortuna
Coplas de la Mezquita
Coplas de mi Andalucía
Cuando siento una guitarra
De contrabando
Dos cruces
El agua del Avellano
El capitán
El cristo de los Faroles
El macetero
En el fondo de la mina
Estudiantina catalana
Estudiantina de Madrid
Gibraltar
La bien pagá
La Campanera
La hija de Juan Simón
La hija de Juan Simón
La jaca más postinera
La serranía
La tortolica
Las murallitas de Cádiz
Malagueña
Manuela la soleares
Mar blanca
Marbella, perla del mar
Mari Rosa o Mar y rosas
María de los Remedios
Mi petenera
Mujer extranjera
Ni Alemania ni Francia
Novia Malagueña
Pena Blanca
Plegaria
Por oro que brilla y suena
Portuguesiña
Preso del desamparo
Puente de plata
Racimos a millares
Rosa Malena
Si a ti te llaman Consuelo
Son tus dientes alhelíes
Soy del norte
Soy el cante
Soy Minero
Soy un pobre presidiario
Te llamaban la Caoba
Tientos del ay, ay
Toros y coplas
Tu fiesta campera
Una mujer extranjera
Una paloma blanca
Veinticuatro cascabeles
Yo quiero ser mataor
