Joaquín Sabina is a Spanish singer-songwriter, well-known in several Spanish-speaking countries.
He was born on February 12, 1949 in the city of Úbeda ( Jaén Province, in Andalusia), Spain. His father was a policeman.
At the age of 14, he started writing poems and composing music with friends. In 1968 he enrolled in the University of Granada, but went into exile in London, using a fake passport, to avoid Francisco Franco's persecution.