Israel Romero

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Name = Israel Romero


Background = accordionist
Birth_name = Israel Romero
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Origin =Villanueva, La Guajira
Colombia
Instruments = Singing
Genre = Vallenato, Latin
Occupation(s) = accordionist, composer
Years_active = 1976–present
Label = Sony Music
Related_acts = Binomio de Oro de America
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Israel Romero Ospino or popularly known as "El Pollo Isra" (Born in Villanueva, La Guajira) is a Colombian vallenato musician, composer and accordionist. Romero was along Rafael Orozco Maestre the founder of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América. [ [http://home.swipnet.se/~w-41164/historia.htm es icon Binomio de Oro: Israel Romero] ]

Discography

From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist of the "Fiesta Vallenata" compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco.

*1977 - "Binomio de Oro (1977 album)"
*1977 - "Por lo Alto"
*1978 - "Enamorado como Siempre"
*1978 - "Los Elegidos (album)"
*1979 - "Super Vallenato"
*1980 - "Clase Aparte (album)"
*1980 - "De Cache"
*1981 - "5 Años de Oro"
*1982 - "Festival Vallenato (album)"
*1982 - "Fuera de Serie (album)"
*1983 - "Mucha Calidad (album)"
*1984 - "Somos Vallenato"
*1985 - "Superior (vallenato album)"
*1986 - "Binomio de Oro (1986 album)"
*1987 - "En Concierto (vallenato album)"
*1988 - "Internacional (vallenato album)"
*1989 - "De Exportación"
*1990 - "De Fiesta con el Binomio"
*1991 - "Por Siempre (vallenato album)"
*1991 - "De América"

Singer Gabriel "El Gaby" García replaced Orozco

*1993 - "Todo Corazón (album)"
*1994 - "De la Mano con el Pueblo"
*1995 - "Lo Nuestro (vallenato album)"

Jean Carlos Centeno and Jorge Celedon became lead singers

*1996 - "A su Gusto"
*1997 - "Seguimos por lo Alto"
*1998 - "2000 (vallenato album)"
*1999 - "Más cerca de tí"

In 1999 singer Jorge Celedon quits the group, replaced by Junior Santiago.

*2000 - "Difícil de Igualar"
*2001 - "Haciendo Historia"
*2003 - "Que Viva el Vallenato"
*2004 - "En todo su Esplendor"
*2005 - "Grafiti de Amor"
*2006 - "Impredecible (album)"

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