Manavello started his career in the early 1970s in
Caracas and participated in more than 50 albums (including his own). He also worked for many
Hispanic artists such as
Ricardo Montaner,
Yolandita Monge Chayanne,
Carlos Vives,
Shakira,
Ricky Martin,
Antonio De Carlo,
Soraya,
Melissa ,
Paralamas, and many others, and scored
films and
TV shows. Manavello began his career in the mid-1960s with
Los Memphis, a pop-rock band from Caracas influenced by
The Beatles. Los Memphis released their first album in 1967 and another one in 1969 before disbanding. Later he founded
Sangre, which released a self-titled album 1971. He worked as a session musician before collaborating with Juan Michelena in the protest album "Dicen que soy..." in 1977 and joining
Vytas Brenner's Venezuelan fusion band
Ofrenda. In 1979 he released
Cosas Sencillas, his first solo album and began a successful career as composer and producer of many Latin artists and bands. He then interrupted his career after receiving a scholarship from the Venezuelan Government to study film scoring in
Berklee College of Music. He graduated in 1982, and by the late 80s became one of the top Latin music producers. His debut as composer and producer was in
Ricardo Montaner's
first album in 1986. That album was certified multi-platinum in
Venezuela and reached #1 on the
Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart. Afterward, he worked as producer and composer for other Venezuelan acts like Melissa,
Kiara and
Ilan Chester. Thereafter, Manavello moved to
Miami,
Florida, where he continued to produce records for
Olga Tañón and
Luis Fonsi, among others. ==Discography==