Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez, also known as Pancho Céspedes, is a Grammy-nominatedLatin American singer, musician, and songwriter born in Santa Clara, Cuba. Céspedes is currently a naturalized Mexican. He is most known for his 1998 song, "Vida Loca".

Biography

Cuban-born singer/songwriter Francisco Céspedes left his physician career to get involved in romantic music movement called "feeling" ( bolero and jazz mixed in Cuba ). After his arrival in Mexico, 1993, Luis Miguel included one of Francisco's authored title "Pensar en ti" in the album "Aries", that was the international debut on Francisco composer career. Luis Miguel selected again in 1996 the title "Qué tú te vas" from him and included it in the álbum "Nada es igual".

His debut as soloist singer and writer was in the Festival de Viña del Mar 1997, representing México with the title "Hablo de ti", a song written in Cuba years earlier. In this acclaimed Latino-american festival he was awarded with second price and served Francisco Céspedes to record his first album in 1997 as soloist: Vida loca. This album was well received in México, Spain, US, Perú y Chile as fully loaded with love and sensibility.