Celio González

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Celio González General data Real name Celio Adán González Ascencio Birth January 29, 1924 Camajuaní, Cuba Cuban nationality Death October 17, 2004 (80 years) Mexico City, Mexico Spouse Martha Torres Children Celio David González Torres Elisa González Torres of the first marriage and Celio Lazaro González Jímenez Occupation Singer Artistic information Other names The Satan of Cuba Genre (s) Guaracha, Cuban Rumba and Bolero Von instrument (s) Activity period 1941-2003 Record label (s) seeco, tropical Related artists Daniel Santos, Welcome Granda, Celia Cruz Celio González Celio Adán González Ascencio (Camajuaní, Cuba, January 29, 1924-Mexico City, October 17, 2004). Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "The Satan of Cuba". His most prodigious era was with the Sonora Matancera. Biography His artistic beginnings were stimulated by his mother, since he was protected by the hereditary disease called phocomelia, which caused him to be born without two fingers and toes. As a child he helped his mother sell handicrafts. 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 de 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 was a singer of the orchestra in substitution of Bienvenido Granda and Laíto Sureda. The first song he recorded was the bolero-rhythmic "Quemame los ojos", his first big hit, and then others like "Total", "Amor sin Esperanza", "And do not cheat me anymore", "Coconut Kiss" In 1959, Fidel Castro ruled the island, when Celio returned from a tour, when he found himself with the unpleasant surprise that all his possessions had been confiscated, and when he saw himself in despair, he traveled to Mexico City with his wife Martha Torres and his sons Celio Lázaro and Linda Elisa. hired by the record company Orfeón, and set his residence in that country. In 1962 he returned to the Sonora Matancera and again signed for Seeco Records, staying until 1965. New hits were added: "Yo soy el Son Cubano", "Vámonos de Fiesta", "Nobleza", "Noche de Farra". 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. Before his death he managed to record an album of boleros in homage to José Antonio Méndez Discography Seeco Records Series Title Year of Publication TRLP-5047 Daniel Santos and Celio González with the Youth of Cayo 1957 SCLP-9116 Sonora Matancera's Invites You to Dance / Los Invita a Bailar 1957 SCLP-9120 Sonora Matancera's Parade of Stars / Parade of Stars 1958 SCLP-9126 There comes La Sonora Matancera / Here Comes ... 1958 SCLP-9156 La Sonora Matancera Came ... Sing: Celio González 1958 SCLP-9157 Christmas with the Sonora Matancera 1958 SCLP-9177 More Successes of La Sonora Matancera with Celio González 1959 SCLP-9189 Los Últimos by Celio González With the Sonora Matancera 1960 SCLP-9207 Songs awarded by Celio González 1961 SCLP-9229 Los Reyes del Ritmo: La Sonora Matancera 1962 SCLP-9254 Sonora Matancera in Puerto Rico 1963 SCLP-9264 The First and The Only: La Sonora Matancera 1964 Gema Records Series Title Year of Publication LPG-3013 ¡Que Rico Canta Celio !: With the Pepé Delgado Orchestra 1966 Teka Records Series Title Year of Publication LIS-610 Hits by Celio González 1966 LIS-635 Bailables with Celio González and Sonora 1966 LIS-636 Melodies by Agustín Lara: Celio González and Sonora 1966 LIS-640 The Best of Celio González 1966 Alegre Records Series Title Year of Publication LPA-849 Now Yes! / This is It 1966 LPA-856 The Celio of Always 1967 LPA-864 Up! / Up! 1968 LPAS-8740 Nueva Vida / New Life: Celio González 1968 Fania Records Series Title Year of Publication The Silver Fox presents the Flaco de Oro (with Johnny Pacheco) 1981 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.