The singer Jose Jiménez Fernández was a child prodigy, singing his way across Spain for food during the country’s post-war years of poverty. Before turning 10 years old, he was an international star, loved for his boyish face and his powerful child’s voice, from Paris to New York. The World’s Gerry Hadden caught up with Joselito, now elderly and out of the limelight, to bring us his story from Barcelona.
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