One of his popular songs is "Je n'ai pas changé". Notable albums from this decade are A Flor de Piel (1974, with the European hit "Manuela"), "El Amor" (1975), and "Soy" (1973). In 1975 he found success in the Italian market by recording a song exclusively in Italian called "Se mi lasci non vale" ("If You Leave Me, It Can't Be"). His entry was the song "Gwendolyne." Shortly after he had a number one hit in many European countries with "Un Canto A Galicia." That single sold 1 million copies in Germany. He represented Spain in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in fourth place, behind Ireland's winning entry performed by Dana. After this event he signed a deal with Discos Columbia, the Spanish branch of the Columbia Records company. In 1968 he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's event in Spain, with the song "La vida sigue igual" (meaning "Life Goes On The Same") which was used in the film La vida sigue igual, about his own life. After that, he went back to obtain his law degree at Complutense University of Madrid.
After his revalidation, Iglesias studied for three months at Bell Educational Trust's Language School in Cambridge, UK. In learning to play, he discovered his musical talent. During his hospitalization after the accident, a nurse gave him a guitar that he might have something to do with his hands. Afterwards, he said of those years, "I had more courage and attitude than talent." These were sorely tested when he was involved in that car crash that smashed his lower spine his legs were permanently weakened as a direct result, and they still required therapy several years later.
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His professional football career ended when he had a serious car accident, due to which he was unable to walk for two years. In the earliest years of his young adulthood, he was a goalkeeper for Real Madrid Castilla. He alternated playing professional football with studying law at the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid. Iglesias claims that he has Jewish ancestry on his maternal side, having mentioned his mother's name "de la Cueva y Perignat" (literally "of the cave"), referring to Jewish people in hiding, is a very common Jewish name. His maternal grandparents were Jose de la Cueva y Orejuela (1887-1955), and Dolores de Perignat y Ruiz de Benavides, who was a native of Puerto Rico.
Iglesias' paternal ancestry comes from Galicia, his paternal grandparents were named Manuela Puga Noguerol and Ulpiano Iglesias Sarria. He is the son of Julio Iglesias, Sr., a medical doctor from Ourense who became one of the youngest gynecologists in the country, and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat (1919-2002). Julio Iglesias was born on Septemin Madrid. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is the best selling Latin music artist in history. Julio Iglesias ( Spanish pronunciation: born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva September 23, 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 80 albums, and more than 2,600 gold and platinum records certified.