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La Sonora Dinamita is a Colombian [1] and Mexican [2] [3] [4] musical group that plays cumbia, a Tropical music genre from Colombia but popular throughout Latin America. As one of the first cumbia groups to reach international success, it is credited with helping to popularize the genre throughout Latin America and the world.
Scott Foresman and Company was founded in 1896 by Erastus Howard Scott, editor and president; Hugh A. Foresman, salesman and secretary; and his brother, William Coates Foresman, treasurer. However, the company's origins extend back several years earlier.
[1] The group featured vocals by bandleader Lucho Argain with an all-star band that included Lalo Orozco on piano, Clodomiro Montes on drums, Saúl Torres and Ángel Mattos on trumpets, Pedro Laza on bass, Guillermo Martínez on guitar, Gil Cantillo on "el tres", Poli and "Mono" Martínez on "los coros", and Enrique Bonfante on the congas.
NBC Universo broadcast the Viña del Mar Festival in the US, [1] with more than 34 hours of exclusive coverage to include live streaming and concert specials via multiple platforms, including TV and mobile devices. In addition, the network showed a series of "best of" one-hour specialson Sundays at 8 pm for two full months, beginning on March 1.
"El Año Viejo" (translation "the old year") is a song written by the Colombian songwriter Crescencio Salcedo in the cumbia genre. First recorded in 1953, the song has been described as "the legitimate and necessary hymn to say goodbye to the old year." [1] Salcedo was an indigenous farmer who could neither read nor write.
La Sonora Matancera is a Cuban band that played Latin American urban popular dance music. Founded in 1924 and led for more than five decades by guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer Rogelio Martínez, musicologists consider it an icon of this type of music.
Together with La Borinqueña and Preciosa, "En mi Viejo San Juan" is considered a national anthem by many Puerto Ricans, especially those who live far away from their Caribbean homeland, Puerto Rico. [a] In this context, the song was put in juxtaposition with Anglo songs including America from West Side Story and America by Neil Diamond. [7]
"La Colegiala" was later remade and remixed in various versions and languages. Notable versions include remakes by La Sonora Dinamita (1982), Gary Low (1984, German Italo disco version promoted in German-speaking markets, in the Benelux and in Italy; also reached number one in Spain), Alex Bueno (1990), Café Latino (1992), Caló (1995), and ...