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"Lilongo" was written by Felipe "El Charro" Gil, and copyrighted in the U.S. by the music publisher Peer International Corp. in 1946. It is in the Son Jarocho style, a traditional musical style of the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Gil was born in Misantla, Veracruz, in 1913, into a family of musicians, and he made a study of the music of the area.
- 1 2 Spottswood, Richard (1990). Ethnic Music on Records Volume 4 Spanish, Portuguese, Philippine, Basque: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. University of Illinois Press.
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