[2] Cortez was born at 8:00 AM (11:00 GMT) on Monday, 11 March 1940, in Rancul, La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Later he entered Manuel Ignacio Molina de San Rafael Junior High School in Mendoza province.

He traveled all over the country with them and began to use his pseudonym "Alberto Cortez" while singing with the orchestra of Armando Pointier.

After a difficult start he consolidated himself as one of the most renowned composer-singers of Latin America with hits like "Mi árbol y yo", "Mariana", "Como el primer día", "A partir de mañana" and "Callejero".

[6] He died as a result of a gastric hemorrhage at 3:30 PM (13:30 GMT) on Thursday, 4 April 2019, in the city of Móstoles, in the Community of Madrid, Spain, at 79 years of age.