Hugo Blanco (musician)

Hugo Blanco (musician)

Infobox Person


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Hugo Blanco (September 25, 1940— ) is a popular Venezuelan musician. He is best known as the author of "Moliendo Café" and other songs like "El Burrito de Belén" (also known as "El Burrito Sabanero"), "Leche Condensada", "Luces de Caracas", "Sierra Nevada", "Mañanita Zuliana", and others. "Moliendo Café", written in 1958 when Hugo Blanco was only 18 years old, has become one of the most recognized Venezuelan songs in all the world.

Biography

Blanco was born in Caracas, received only two months of musical education. His first cuatro was bought when he was fifteen years old, and learned to play it listening to the radio. Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style called the Orquídea in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. This Orquídea was a fusion of the Cuban music and the joropo. In the 1960s, composed many gaitas along with Simón Díaz. These gaitas were very popular in that decade. They were called "Gaita de las Locas". In that decade too, Blanco founded the first Venezuelan ska group, "Las Cuatro Monedas".

In the 1970s, Joselo Díaz, brother of Simón Díaz, recorded many of the Hugo Blanco gaitas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hugo Blanco created a Venezuelan music group called Los Hijos de ña Carmen. Through his simple and fresh compositions, Hugo Blanco exported his work to European countries, America and even Japan, where he had success without precedent.

Trivia

*Hugo Blanco's song "La Vecina" was featured in an episode of the popular TV series "Miami Vice".

*Hugo Blanco produced two discs for two Japanese singers.

Discography

*El Nuevo Ritmo Moliendo Cafe
*"El Nuevo Ritmo Orquídea"
*Hugo Blanco
*"1° Premio del Festival Universitario de Música: "La India Tibaire"
*"Percusión"
*"Balada del Bombardino"
*"Selección Navideña"
*"Me Gusta"
*"Más Ritmo!!"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°2"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°3 "La Chispita"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°4"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°5"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°6"
*"Superbailables con Hugo Blanco N°7"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°8"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°9: "Agua Fresca"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°10"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°11"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°12"
*"Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°13"
*"Sierra Nevada"
*"Arpa Brava"
*"La Música de Hugo Blanco"
*"En Trinidad"
*"La Rondallita"
*"Lo Mejor de Hugo Blanco y su Arpa Viajera"
*"La Parranda de Hugo Blanco"
*"De Fiesta..."
*"Tania con Hugo Blanco"
*"El Poder de Hugo Blanco"
*"El Sabor de Hugo Blanco"
*"Los Hijos de Ña Carmen"
*"Arpa Navideña"
*"Festival Tropical"
*"El Rapidito"

With Simón Díaz

*"Lila + Hugo + Simón"
*"Ya Llegó........Simón"
*"De Parranda con..."
*"Criollo y Sabroso"
*"Gaitas y Parrandas con...."
*"Gaita 70"
*"Gaita 71"
*"En Salsa"
*"La Gaita de las Cuñas"
*"Las Gaitas de Simón"
*"Culpable?"
*"Cuñas, Locas, Borrachitos"
*"Las Gaitas de Simón 5"
*"Las Gaitas de Simón 6"

With Joselo Díaz

*"Las Gaitas de Joselo"
*"Yo, soy el Rey!"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Brujo"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Barbero"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de Joselito"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Presidente"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de los Portugueses"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo con Danielita"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de los Artistas"
*"Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita Gallega"

Compilations

*"La Rondallita / El Burrito de Belen"
*"La Historia"
*"Nueva Rondallita"
*"La Historia"
*"Sus Grandes Éxitos"
*"Bailables de Oro"
*"Colección de Éxitos"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.2"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.3"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.4"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.5"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.6"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.7"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.8"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.9"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.10"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.11"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.12"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.13"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.14"
*"Colección de Éxitos Vol.15"
*"Lo Mejor de las Mariposas"
*"Caracha Negro" with Simón Díaz

See also

*Venezuela
*Venezuelan music


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