Fruko y sus Tesos is a salsa group from Colombia that is popular in both Latin America and the United States. It was formed in 1969 by multi-instrumentalist Julio Ernesto Estrada. Beginning with Tesura in 1969, the band has recorded 42 albums to date. The band achieved a degree of success after Joe Arroyo was recruited as lead singer in 1973.
Mexican cumbia is a type of cumbia, a music which originated in Colombia but was later reinvented and adapted in Mexico.
Álvaro José Arroyo González was a Colombian salsa and tropical music singer, composer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest performers of Caribbean and salsa music in his country and across Latin America. In 2018 Billboard counted Arroyo's song "La Rebelión" as one of the "15 Best Salsa Songs Ever".
Aniceto Molina Aguirre was a Colombian cumbia singer-songwriter and accordionist who began playing the instrument at the age of 12. His career lasted for more than four decades. He was popular in Latin American countries.
Discos Fuentes is a record label based in Medellín, Colombia, South America. Founded in 1934 in Cartagena, Colombia, by Antonio Fuentes Estrada, Discos Fuentes was the country's first notable record label. The label was instrumental in introducing Colombia to such Afro-rhythm genres as cumbia, fandango, merengue, porro, salsa and rock and roll. The label also helped forge the early careers for such musicians and composers as Guillermo Buitrago, Rafael Escalona, and Julio César Bovea.
Guillermo de Jesús Buitrago Henríquez, known as Guillermo Buitrago was a Colombian composer and songwriter of vallenato music. He is one of the most successful composers in his country. His songs became part of the typical music played during Christmas in Colombia. Some of his hits are "La Víspera de Año Nuevo", "Grito Vagabundo", "Ron de Vinola" and "Dame tu mujer, José".
La Sonora Dinamita is a Colombian and Mexican 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.
Consuelo Hernández is a Colombian American poet, scholar, literary critic and associate professor of Latin American studies at American University since 1995.
Las 30 Cumbias Más Pegadas is the title of a compilation album, which features music from Los Angeles Azules, Los Askis, Rayito Colombiano, Grupo Latino, Grupo Maracuya, Los Llayras, Mr. Chivo, Aniceto Molina, Super Grupo G, La Tropa Vallenata, Los Vallenatos, Yahari, among others. This album peaked at number-one in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for one week.
Celso Piña Arvizu was a Mexican singer, composer and accordionist, mainly in the genre of cumbia, being one of the most important musicians in the style of "cumbia rebajada".
Lisandro Meza Márquez was a Colombian singer and accordionist. After he started playing the accordion in 1959, Lisandro was described as the "King of Cumbia," "El Macho de América" and the "Master of Vallenato Sabanero." Meza was once part of the group, Los Corraleros de Majagual in 1962, which was a successful band in both Colombia and Venezuela.
Cumbia is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia.
Los Ángeles Azules are a Mexican musical group that plays the cumbia sonidera genre, which is a cumbia subgenre using the accordion and synthesizers. This results in a fusion of the sounds of cumbia from the 1950-1970s with those of 1990s-style electronic music.
José Pastor López Pineda, better known as "El Indio Pastor", was a Venezuelan singer-songwriter who worked primarily in the style of Cumbia.
Marco Tulio Aicardi Rivera, better known by the name Rodolfo, was a Colombian singer of tropical music who was active from the 1960s until his death. He is most famous for his song "La Colegiala" credited to Rodolfo y su Tipica RA7.
Alegre Majagual is the debut album by the Colombian musical group Los Corraleros de Majagual. It was released on 30 May 1962 on the Discos Fuentes label as LP-0079. The album's liner notes described it as the first jam session in a costeña (coastal) style. The tracks "Majagual", "La Ombligona" and "Se Salió el Toro" were recorded in 1960. The success of those tracks led the group to record the album, in December 1960.
"El Año Viejo" is a song written by the Colombian songwriter Crescencio Salcedo in the cumbia genre. First recorded in 1953, the song has been described as "the legitimate and necessary hymn to say goodbye to the old year."
"La Pollera Colorá" is a Colombian cumbia song. It was composed in 1960 as an instrumental by clarinetist Juan Madera Castro. Singer-songwriter Wilson Choperena composed the lyrics in 1962.
"La Piragua" is a song written by the Colombian songwriter, José Barros, in the cumbia genre.
Nuevo Ritmo...! is a studio album released in 1966 on the Discos Fuentes label by the Colombian musical group Los Corraleros de Majagual. In a 2024 ranking of the 600 greatest Latin American albums compiled by music critics, Nuevo Ritmo...! was ranked No. 17.
