Ibrahim Ferrer

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Ibrahim Ferrer
Ferrer performing in 2004
Background information
Born	(1927-02-20)20 February 1927 San Luis, Cuba
Died	6 August 2005(2005-08-06) (aged 78) Havana, Cuba
Genres	Son guaracha bolero
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1939–2005
Labels	Valle Corona Panart EGREM World Circuit
Formerly of	Jovenes del Son Los Bocucos Conjunto Sorpresa Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental Afro-Cuban All Stars Buena Vista Social Club

Ibrahim Ferrer (20 February 1927 – 6 August 2005) was a Cuban singer who played with the group Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental, and Mario Patterson. After his retirement in 1991, he was brought back in the studio to record with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club, in March 1996.^[1] He then toured internationally with these revival groups and recorded several solo albums for World Circuit, before his death in 2005.