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Bebu Silvetti

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Bebu Silvetti was an Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and record producer best known for the 1977 instrumental disco hit, "Spring Rain".

Bebu Silvetti was born near Buenos Aires and started his piano education at the age of six. During his teenage years he formed his own jazz quartet and a few other musical groups. At 21 Bebu left Argentina to go to Spain where he stayed a few years working as a pianist at some of the most popular jazz clubs of the time. In the early 1970s he moved to Mexico and started arranging and composing. Upon his return to Spain some years later, he recorded his first album, which contained his hit offering, "Spring Rain". Other albums followed. Silvetti returned to Mexico in the late 1970s, he continued arranging, composing and producing mostly for other artists.

Bebu Silvetti died in Miami, Florida at the age of 59 from respiratory failure caused by complications from his lung cancer treatment.

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