Having joined Real Madrid as a goalkeeper, Julio Iglesias might have become a
soccer star but for a major road crash which forced him to change direction.
Instead he pursued a career in music which catapulted him to fame and made him
an international icon and heartthrob. Julio represented Spain in the 1970
Eurovision Song Contest (he was fourth to Dana, representing Ireland) with a
song called Gwendolyne and followed it with Un Canto A Galicia, which sold a
million in Germany and was a hit in many parts of Europe. He went on to record
in German, Italian, French and Portuguese but...