Category: Bolero
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Eydie Gormé
About Eydie Gormé was an American singer who achieved notable success in pop, Latin, and jazz genres. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums and television. She also performed on Broadway and in Las Vegas. Albums/Songs: More Amor Vamps the Roaring 20s I Feel So Spanish!…
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Luis Miguel
About Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer and record producer. Born in Puerto Rico, to an Italian mother and a Spanish father, he is often referred to as El Sol de Mexico, derived from the nickname his mother gave him as a child: “Mi sol”. Luis Miguel has sung in multiple genres and…
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Olga Guillot
About Olga Guillot was a Cuban singer who was known as the “Queen of Bolero”. She was a native of Santiago de Cuba. Albums/Songs: Interpreta a Manzanero El Son se fue de Cuba “Cuba” Las Grandes Damas De La Cancion Vivir de los recuerdos Serie 30 Exitos: Cuba – Las Grandes Damas Grandes boleros en…
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Armando Manzanero
About Armando Manzanero Canché was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the United States in 2014. He was the president of the Mexican…
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Toña la Negra
About Antonia del Carmen Peregrino Álvarez, known by her stage name Toña la Negra, was a Mexican singer and actress of partial Haitian ancestry, known for her interpretation of boleros and canciones written by Agustín Lara. Albums/Songs: Noche de ronda Toña la Negra Noche criolla México y su música Serie Platino 20 Exitos 40 temas…
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Lucho Gatica
About Luis Enrique Gatica Silva, better known as Lucho Gatica was a Chilean bolero singer, film actor, and television host known as “the King of Bolero”. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential exponents of the bolero and one of the most popular of all time worldwide. It is estimated that…
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Trío Los Panchos
About Originally, Trio Los Panchos were a trío romántico formed in New York City in 1944 by Alfredo Gil, Chucho Navarro, and the Puerto Rican Hernando Avilés. The trio became one of the leading exporters of the bolero and the romantic ballad in Latin America. Albums/Songs: More Amor Otra época Me voy pa’l pueblo Esencia…
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Agustín Lara
About Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino, known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recognized as one of the most popular songwriters of his era. His work was widely appreciated not only in Mexico but…
