La Sonora Dinamita

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La Sonora Dinamita
Also known asLa Sonora Dinamita
Origin Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (from 1960 to 1963) Mexico City, Mexico (since 1977)
Genres
Years active
  • 1960–1963
  • 1977–present
Labels
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.com

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.

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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]

Discography

Former Vocalists and their recordings (hits)

VocalistRecorded Songs
AdrianaPitaste (With Nando Malo).
Álvaro PavaMil horas, Despeinada, Pilar, Grito Vagabundo, Dame tu mujer José, La suavecita, El tuerto, La camisa negra, El vicio de tu boca, Mucho mejor, El Pollo, Mi mujer se puso buena, Que importa la edad, Cumbia Pigmeo, La negra sabrosa, Pintao el bigote (with Zoila Nieto), etc..
Álvaro León PizarroAmor en California, Cumbia Mario Bross.
Amina OsorioEl paraguas, Del ombligo para arriba, Busco un negro, El apagón, Ilusión perdida, La sobadita, No se levanta.
Aylem RodríguezDa que te vienen dando.
Bibiana RamirezMe duele el corazón, Mucha plata, La palmita, Dame un beso, La Soledad.
Bobby RuizEl marañon, pedazo de cariño.
Carlos PiñaArbolito de Navidad, La víspera del Año Nuevo.
Carmen GonzálezNoches de cumbia, Yo me llamo cumbia.
Doris MontenegroLa Lewinsky, Me Duele el Corazon.
Eddy GuerraLa que toma ron, El gusano peludo.
Ernesto ElizondoNi me hablen de ella, El dolor de Micaela, Que cheque su email, La mueve, A mover el cu..., Si no vuelve, La Disputa, Porque vives con ella, Con la cola entre las patas.
Gaby SánchezEl baile del pum, Desnúdame, No vuelvas a llamarme.
Glenis RamírezPor que te quiero así, La sombra, Recuerdos, Cumbia iluminada.
John Jairo Murillo - El Sorullo Llegó el timbal, Donde Andaras.
Juliett (Myriam del Socorro Valencia)El africano, Electricidad, Evidencias.
La India Meliyará Las velas encendidas, Changó, Los mechones, La cumbiambera del siglo, Mi cucu, El viejo del sombrerón, Empujaito, La conga, El nopal, La malumbia, El apreton, La firma, La corazonada, Chicharrón, Gallina y Pescao, El peluquín, Largate Manuel, Que es lo que tu quieres, Carrataplum, Velita mia, Atarrayando, La cumbia de batman, Lindo maridito, etc.
Leydi BallesterosLa historia de mi vida, Sabor de idilio, Los calzones.
Louis TowersLa pochita, Josefina.
Lucho Argain Mi cucu (with La India Meliyará), Se me perdió la cadenita, Cumbia Barulera, Las brujas, El baile de la vela, Ponte en cuatro, Maruja, La píldora de amor, De lo que te perdistr (with Vilma Díaz) No provoque mi pichichi (with Margarita), La parabólica, Golpes que da la vida, Ay chave, etc.
Lucy PeñalozaCalinda (with Lucho Argain), La nueva reina
VocalistRecorded Songs
Luz Elena RestrepoOtra ocupa mi lugar, El arrugadito (with Ernesto Elizondo).
Luz Esthela MontoyaEl murciélago, La pelusita, Celosa, las cosquillitas, Calvo y cabezón.
Macondo (Brígido Chaverra)El amor de Claudia, La bamba, El solitario, El viejo del sombreron (with La India Meliyará), Las mujeres a mi no me quieren, La piña madura (with La India Meliyará), La mochila, La araña picua (with La India Méliyara).
Marcela DíazLas solteras.
Margarita la Diosa de la Cumbia

Que nadie sepa mi sufrir, Oye, Macumba, Saca la maleta, De aquello na’, La cortina, A mover la colita, Capullo y sorullo, Cumbia del Sida, la tabacona, llámame, buscando el gato, la toalla mojada,el telon etc.

May GonzálezPilonera, La Cortina (junto a Margarita).
Mike AlvearEl maniquí, La Chiqui, Guatemalteca, La chava, El chicharrón peluo.
Mónica GuzmánCariño mío, Futuro, Uno, Cumbia aeróbica, Cumbia caliente, Cumbia Cristiana.
Nando MaloVuela vuela, La rama de pringamoza, Que criterio “La gota fría”, Talento en televisión, El muñeco, Kiskiriski, El anillito, La ventanita, La tierra, Agua viva, Cachete pechito & Ombliguito, Pitaste (with Adriana), La sejuela (with Amina Osorio).
Nathaly GuerraAsí no te amara jamás.
Natalia HerreraYo soy la cumbia.
Orlando QuesadaLa medallita, El padre Armando, Amor a la mexicana, El chupacabras, Un día en New York, El traje de Eva, El tabacón (en Cuba no falta na').
Oscar Luis ArgainEl tiguerón, Son dos.
Pilar SolanoFiel o no fiel, Que lindo cu "la segunda del cucu" (with Lucho Argain).
Rodolfo Aicardi El ciclón, La cumbia de mi pueblo, La niña nory, María Cristina, Carola, El tizón, Soledad en la playa, La ricachona, Maluca.
RubianaAprovéchame.
Susana Velásquez vocalista [Salvadorian]Si vos te vas, La Cumbia de El Salvador, Gracias Verónica, El Ratón Vaquero, Que te la pongo/la bolita (with Willie Calderon), El bardo, Otro día más sin verte, Yo no nací para amar, Misión imposible.
Vilma Díaz Colombian vocalistEscandalo, El desamor, Ya para qué, Suspiros, Chiquita pero cumplidora, La tembladera, De lo que te perdiste (with Lucho Argain).
Willie CalderónMaldito cucu, Mete y saca, Islas canarias, Que te la pongo/La bolita (with Susana Velásquez).
Zayda SalademNi pío, Tus lágrimas, Tristes Recuerdos.
Zoila NietoEl bigote, Fallé y te perdí, Pintao el bigote (with Alvaro Pava).

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