People: Apr. 11, 1983

Take a good look at the face. A really good look. Roll the name over your tongue. Julio Iglesias. Better get used to it, because if the "Spanish Sinatra" and his press agent, Superflack Warren Cowan, have anything to say about it, the name is about to become as familiar in the U.S. as it is just about everywhere else on the planet. Over the past 15 years, Iglesias, 39, has reportedly sold some 70 million albums worldwide. But you'd mention the name Julio Iglesias to most Americans and they'd say, "What?" At least...

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