Pinelli's voice was first heard on the radio waves when he was 14 years old, and a student at the prestigious Colegio de Belén[1] for boys, run by the Jesuits.
The Freemasons were raising funds for their orphanage, La Misericordia, by putting on a show at the Campoamor Theater, and they invited young Pinelli to sing.
When he first approached Goar Mestre, the CEO of CMQ Radio and Television studios, for a job, he was told “he did not have the voice for radio.” The turning point in young Pinelli's journalistic career came with his daring live coverage of the fight between two rival gangs on the corner of Orfila Street.
He also had Alina Pinelli, the youngest of his children, from his marriage to Model and Socialite, Concepción Nanin.
Alina at age 5 was part of the Children's Corps d'Ballet of Cuba's Ballet Nacional, under the direction of Alicia Alonso.