José Ruiz Blanco, known as Pepe Blanco, was a singer Spanish .

Born in Logroño ( La Rioja ), in a typical street of Rua Vieja, the March 19th of 1911 . En su juventud fue carretero, y más adelante taxista en la localidad riojana de Cenicero , donde se casa en 1935 . In his youth he was a wheelwright, and later a taxi driver in the town of La Rioja in ashtray , where he married in 1935 . En los años posteriores a la Guerra Civil Española se hizo popular imitando a Pepe Marchena en el Café Ibiza , popular establecimiento logroñés, hoy en día aún existente, lo que le hizo ganarse el apodo de Marchenita . In the years after the Spanish Civil War became popular imitating Pepe Marchena at Café Ibiza, Logroño popular establishment, which still exists today, which earned him the nickname Marchenita.

In 1944 he recorded his first album and in 1946 formed his first company as an entrepreneur in the work Joy, along with singer Carmen Morell , with whom he formed an artistic partnership for many years, separating in 1961 , when he moved to live in Madrid with his wife and children.

Grabó más de 150 canciones, 30 de ellas con Carmen, y participó en media docena de películas. Recorded over 150 songs, 30 of them with Carmen, and participated in two dozen movies. Tras su separación como pareja artística, actuó con gente tan destacada como Juanito Valderrama , Rafael Farina o Antonio Molina . After separation and artistic partner, people acted as prominent as Juanito Valderrama , Rafael Farina and Antonio Molina .

In 1980 he was named a street in Logroño , died the following year, on December 17 of 1981en Madrid and was buried in his hometown. Uno de sus hijos heredó el nombre del padre, así como su nieto y su bisnieto. One of his sons inherited the father's name and his grandson and great-grandson.