Jean Carlos Centeno

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Name = Jean Carlos Centeno


Background = solo singer
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Alias = El casi loco
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Origin =Cabimas, Zulia
Venezuela
Instruments = Singing
Genre = Vallenato, Latin
Occupation(s) = singer
Years_active = 1993–Present
Label = Sony Music
Related_acts = Binomio de Oro de America
URL = [http://www.jeancarloscenteno.com/ www.jeancarloscenteno.com/]
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Jean Carlos Centeno (born on November 11, in Cabimas, Zulia) is Colombian-Venezuelan singer and composer of vallenato, bolero and salsa. Centeno gained fame as singer and composer for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America. On December 31, 2005 Centeno left the Binomio de Oro to pursue his own vallenato group along accordionist Juan Fernando "Morre" Romero. In 2006 Centeno and Romero released the album "Ave Libre".

Early years

Centeno's parents are Ebel Jiménez and Miryan Centeno whom as a child, with only 3 months old, took him to Villanueva, La Guajira, in Colombia and left him with María Elena Jiménez due to financial hardships. Centeno's grandfather Reynaldo was a musician, played the trumpet and the drums. At the age of 14 years old financial hardships forced him to work on the streets selling snacks, worked as a farm boy and took care of kids to survive. He traveled around town in the Department of La Guajira also singing at parties. He dreamed of becoming a balads singer or soap opera actor. [ [http://home.swipnet.se/~w-41164/jeanca.htm es icon Jean Carlos Centeno: Biography] ]

In 1992 participated along Poncho Cotes Jr in a song contest in the Colombian town of San Juan del Cesar, in La Guajira. [ [http://www.jeancarloscenteno.com/biografia.html es icon jeancarloscenteno.com: biography] ] The song "Un ángel mas en el cielo" of his authorship was a dedication to his role model singer Rafael Orozco Maestre, then recently deceased, and lead singer of the Binomio de Oro de America vallenato group. [ [http://www.geocities.com/edad967/jeancarlos.html es icon Jean Carlos Centeno biography] ]

Israel Romero the accordionist from the Binomio de Oro de America became interested on Centeno's talent and hired him as backup singer for the group. [ [http://www.jeancarloscenteno.com/biografia.html es icon jeancarloscenteno.com: biography] ] Centeno sang the group hits "No te vayas", "Celos", "Manantial de amor", among others and also got to be recorded by the Binomio de Oro; "Volvió el dolor", "Me ilusioné", "Amigo el corazón" and "Me vas a extrañar". [ [http://www.geocities.com/edad967/jeancarlos.html es icon Jean Carlos Centeno biography] ]

Discography

With Binomio de Oro de America

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

Centeno and Jorgito Celedon became lead singers

*1996 - "A su Gusto"
*1997 - "Seguimos por lo Alto"
*1998 - "2000"
*1999 - "Más cerca de tí"
*2000 - "Difícil de Igualar"
*2001 - "Haciendo Historia"
*2003 - "Que Viva el Vallenato"
*2004 - "En todo su Esplendor"
*2005 - "Grafiti de Amor"

On December 31, 2005 Centeno decided to leave Binomio de Oro and joined initially accordionist Robert Urbina, but later teamed up with Israel Romero's nephew, Juan Fernando "El Morre" Romero to create their own vallenato group. [ [http://www.intervallenato.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=860 es icon intervallenato.com: EL BINOMIO DE ORO BUSCA REEMPLAZO DE JEAN CARLOS CENTENO] ]

With Morre Romero

*2006 - "Ave Libre"

ee also

*Binomio de Oro de America
*Jorgito Celedon

References

External links

*es icon [http://www.jeancarloscenteno.com/ Jean Carlos Centeno official website]