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Celio González

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Celio González

Birth
Villa Clara, Cuba
Death
17 Oct 2004 (aged 80)
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Burial
Coyoacán Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico Add to Map
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Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "The Satan of Cuba". He participated in the contest of the Supreme Court of Art held in Sancti Spíritus. He lived some time in Camagüey and there, with seventeen years of age, he worked in the orchestra of Joaquín Mendivel, as well as in Conjunto Camacho. He founded the National Trio. He moved to Havana where he was employed as a singer for the Los Jóvenes del Cayo by Alfonsín Quintana, Luis Santí and Conjunto Casino.

Its golden age began on May 23, 1956, with the Sonora Matancera, directed at the time by Rogelio Martínez.

He acted in radio, television, theater, nightclubs and recorded several long-playing records. He excelled in the bolero, although he played almost all the rhythms. Among his most remembered recordings is the bolero by José Dolores Quiñones "Vendaval sin rumbo". He was known under the epithet "El flaco de oro". In Mexico, a book about his life and work was published. In 2003 he participated in a posthumous tribute to Celia Cruz. He died of a respiratory arrest.Celia Adán González Ascencio Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "El Satanás de Cuba". His most prodigious time was with the Sonora Matancera.
Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "The Satan of Cuba". He participated in the contest of the Supreme Court of Art held in Sancti Spíritus. He lived some time in Camagüey and there, with seventeen years of age, he worked in the orchestra of Joaquín Mendivel, as well as in Conjunto Camacho. He founded the National Trio. He moved to Havana where he was employed as a singer for the Los Jóvenes del Cayo by Alfonsín Quintana, Luis Santí and Conjunto Casino.

Its golden age began on May 23, 1956, with the Sonora Matancera, directed at the time by Rogelio Martínez.

He acted in radio, television, theater, nightclubs and recorded several long-playing records. He excelled in the bolero, although he played almost all the rhythms. Among his most remembered recordings is the bolero by José Dolores Quiñones "Vendaval sin rumbo". He was known under the epithet "El flaco de oro". In Mexico, a book about his life and work was published. In 2003 he participated in a posthumous tribute to Celia Cruz. He died of a respiratory arrest.Celia Adán González Ascencio Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "El Satanás de Cuba". His most prodigious time was with the Sonora Matancera.

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