caption years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
massiel in 1968 1966 -- 1996 , 2006-2007 massiel
 massiel solo_singer 02 august 1947 vocals pop , protest song massiel 1.jpg madrid , spain maría de los Ángeles felisa santamaría espinosa singer , actress , television personality
massiel

maría de los Ángeles felisa santamaría espinosa -lrb- born august 2 , 1947 -rrb- , professionally known as massiel , is a spanish pop singer .
she won the eurovision song contest 1968 with the song `` la , la , la '' , beating the british pop singer cliff richard 's `` congratulations '' .
she decided to abandon her music career in 1996 , but released another album a year later and a further one in 2007 , along with two new editions of 1970s albums .
