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Cumbia musical groups (2 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Cumbia musicians" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
The Orchestra "Lito Barrientos" is known, among other songs, for one of the most famous cumbias of all time, “Cumbia en do menor". In 2007 he was named "Hijo Meritísimo of San Salvador" ("Most meritorious son of El Salvador"). The orchestra received his award at an event in the park of Colonia Montserrat, his place of residence.
In 1966, Gareña was voted most popular singer in Colombia by Caracol Radio. In 1969, he recorded his most famous song, Yo me llamo cumbia , which was covered by Leonor Gonzalez Mina . In 1970, he represented Colombia at the Festival Latinoamericano de la Canción de Nueva York with the song Te dejo la ciudad sin mí , performed by Los Ángeles ...
Cumbia (Spanish pronunciation:) is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia. [1] [2] [3]The cumbia is the most representative dance of the coastal region in Colombia, and is danced in pairs with the couple not touching one another as they display the amorous conquest of a woman by a man. [4]
Tex-Mex cumbia; Tejano or Tex-Mex music, a popular music style that fuses elements of cumbia with other genres of Mexican and American origin that developed in Texas and Mexico in the 20th century. Cumbia rap, a variant of cumbia that is popular in the United States and Latin America that includes elements of hip-hop and rap
Colombia is known as "the land of a thousand rhythms" but actually holds over 1,025 folk rhythms. Some of the best known genres are cumbia and vallenato.The most recognized interpreters of traditional Caribbean and Afro-Colombian music are Totó la Momposina and Francisco Zumaqué.
Many musical genres are native to Chile; one of the most popular was the Chilean Romantic Cumbia, exemplified by artists such as Americo and Leo Rey. The Nueva Canción originated in the 1960s and 1970s and spread in popularity until the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, when most musicians were arrested, killed or exiled.
Celso Piña Arvizu (April 6, 1953 – August 21, 2019) was a Mexican singer, composer and accordionist, [1] mainly in the genre of cumbia, being one of the most important musicians in the style of "cumbia rebajada".