La Sonora Dinamita | |
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| Also known as | La Sonora Dinamita |
| Origin | Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (from 1960 to 1963) Mexico City, Mexico (since 1977) |
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| Members | Charlie Alvarez Tony Peregrino Osman Ocoro Johanna Betancourt Lujan Zarate Edith Quetzaly |
| Past members | Citlalli Moctezuma Lucho Argaín Margarita Vargas India Meliyara Rodolfo Aicardi Raul Velasquez Doris Montenegro Maria Angeles Pupo Manolo Garcia Ariel Veliz Álvaro Pava Vilma Diaz Macondo Adriana Lucy Peñaloza Salvadorean Susana VelásquezPizarro Armando Hernández Louis Towers Carlos Piña Zoila Nieto Luz Stella Willie Calderón Zayda Saladem Leydi Ballesteros Glenis Ramírez Rubiana Pilar Solano Orlando Quesada Mónica Guzmán Mike Alvear Macondo Luz Esthela Montoya Gaby Sánchez Ernesto Elizondo Carmen González Bibiana Ramirez Amina Osorio |
| Website | originalsonoradinamita |
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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.
The original orchestra was formed in 1960[1] in Cartagena de Indias under the direction of bandleader Lucho Argaín[citation needed]. It disbanded in 1963, but was re-formed in 1975 under the direction of Julio Ernesto Estrada "Fruko" Rincón, the artistic director of the Discos Fuentes record label.[1] In 1981, the group released its first successful recordings.[5]
In 2002, the band's founder and frontman Lucho Argaín died, and the band continued with a new line-up.[6] Today[when?], their lead singer is Charlie Alvarez.[6]
While the group's lineup has changed, it has always featured a strong female vocalist to accompany its ten-piece brass instrumentation, including Margarita Vargas (la Diosa de La Cumbia), Mélida Yará (La India Meliyará), Vilma Díaz (La Diva de La Cumbia), Susana Velasquez, and other female vocalists and also several male vocalists.[5]
- ^ a b c "La Sonora Dinamita". Hispanic Heritage. Thomson Gale. 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
- ^ Admin, User (2019-12-29). "Los 60 años de La Sonora Dinamita de Lucho Argaín". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "La Sonora Dinamita, tradición y legado musical | Soy Grupero". Soy Grupero: ¡Lo mejor del mundo grupero! Entérate ahora. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Cortés, Miguel (2022-09-04). "La Sonora Dinamita De Lucho Argain y Elsa López celebrarán 62 años en el Auditorio Nacional". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ a b Bonacich, Drago (2007). "La Sonora Dinamita Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2007-05-07.[dead link]
- ^ a b "La Sonora Dinamita Biography". Concerty.com.