León Gieco was born in Cañada Rosquín, province of Santa Fe on 20 November, 1951. His family, rural Italian immigrants settled in the central area of Argentina. He may have acquired his passion towards music from his father, who had a tango and boleros orchestra, and his grandparents, who sang Italian canzonetas. At an early age León decided to create his own music groups, and among his first musical experience on local scenes, were Los Moscos with whom he sang songs from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. At the same time, he created Los Nocheros, a group that sang themes from Los Chalchaleros and Los Fronterizos and as a solo he interpreted songs from Jorge Cafrune, Mercedes Sosa, Chango Rodríguez, Atahualpa Yupanqui, among others.

Alter finishing high school at the age of 18, Gieco said goodbye to his family and moved to Buenos Aires with more illusions than reality. An autumn day, very early in the morning, León got off the train at Retiro Station carrying a cheap guitar, a handbag, nine thousand pesos and an address for Horacio Droopy Gianello, someone he had met at a show in Santa Fe and who later became the drummer for Arco Iris.

A year later (in 1970), already settled in Buenos Aires, he began recording his first album, produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, Arco Iris singer and composer, nowadays producer for Molotov, Café Tacuba, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, among others, Grammy award winner and Oscar winner for the soundtrack for Broke Back Mountain. His first album was published in 1973. As of 1974 and up until 1982, many of his songs were censored by local authoritarian governments and dictatorships.

This is how the artistic career of this well known musician began, and today he continues to broaden his vast record production.