Sonora | |
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 Celia Cruz and La Sonora Matancera, 1950s | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Tuna Liberal Septeto Soprano Estudiantina Sonora Matancera Conjunto Sonora Matancera |
| Origin | Barrio Ojo de Agua, Matanzas, Cuba |
| Genres | Son, guaracha, bolero, guaguancó, chachachá |
| Years active | 1924–present |
| Labels | RCA Victor, Panart, Stinson, Ansonia, Seeco, Tropical, Marvela, MRVA, Orfeón, Bárbaro, Fania, Taurus, Warner Music, Varsity, Discos Fuentes |
| Members | Valentín Cané Pablo Vázquez Gobín "Bubú" Manuel Sánchez "Jimagua" Ismael Goberna Domingo Medina José Manuel Valera Juan Bautista Llopis Julio Gobín Humberto Cané Carlos Manuel Díaz Alonso "Caíto" Rogelio Martínez Díaz José Rosario Chávez "Manteca" Calixto Leicea Pérez Prado Bienvenido Granda Ezequiel Frías Gómez "Lino" Ángel Alfonso Furias "Yiyo" |
| Past members | Bienvenido León Daniel Santos Myrta Silva Celia Cruz Pedro Knight Miguelito Valdés Leo Marini Bobby Capó Nelson Pinedo Vicentico Valdés Estanislao Sureda "Laíto" Roberto Torres Alberto Beltrán Carlos Argentino Celio González Elpidio Vázquez Carmen Delia Dipiní Javier Vázquez Willy Rodríguez "El Baby" Alfredo Armenteros "Chocolate" Ismael Miranda Justo Betancourt Linda Leida Gabriel Eladio Peguero "Yayo El Indio" Welfo Gutiérrez Olga Chorens Gloria Díaz Tony Álvarez Chito Galindo Toña la Negra Elliot Romero Emilio Domínguez "El Jarocho" Gladys Julio Hermanas Lago Israel del Pino Johnny López Jorge Maldonado Kary Infante Manuel Licea "Puntillita" Martha Jean Claude Máximo Barrientos Miguel de Gonzalo Pepe Reyes Raúl del Castillo Reinaldo Hierrezuelo "Rey Caney" Rodolfo Hoyos Tony Díaz Victor Piñero Vicky Jiménez Alfredo Valdés Roberto Torres |
| Website | sonoramatancera |
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. Notable singers to have sung and recorded with the band include Bienvenido Granda,[1][2][3] Daniel Santos, Myrta Silva, Miguelito Valdés, Leo Marini, Celia Cruz,[4] Nelson Pinedo, Vicentico Valdés, Estanislao "Laíto" Sureda, Alberto Beltrán, Carlos Argentino, and Celio González.
- ^ FIU Libraries. Florida International University/The Díaz Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music, Sección 04 M. Chronology of personnel changes and recordings based on the two-volume book Historia de la Sonora Matancera by Dr. Héctor Ramírez Bedoya. Discography compiled with the assistance of Ramírez Bedoya, Carlos Deiby Velásquez, Humberto Corredor, and Osvaldo Oganes. Data assembled by Dr. Cristóbal Díaz Ayala.
- ^ Ramírez Bedoya, http://sonoramatancera.com/s-m/artistas-grabaron-con-la-sm.html.
- ^ Ramírez Bedoya, http://sonoramatancera.com/s-m/historia.html.
- ^ Waxer, Lise A. (2010). The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia. Wesleyan UP. pp. 64ff. ISBN 9780819570567.