La Habana, 4 dic (EFE).La Habana, 4 dic (EFE). — El músico cubano Basilio Repilado, hijo del famoso Compay Segundo y que sucedió a su padre como segunda voz en la agrupación que lleva su nombre, ...
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles, known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always ...
Compay Segundo, who was nearing 90 when he shot from obscurity to worldwide fame with the "Buena Vista Social Club," has died in Havana. He was 95. Born Maximo Francisco Repilado Munoz, the wiry, ...
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La Habana, 13 jul (EFE).La Habana, 13 jul (EFE). — Hace diez años y con pocos días de diferencia se apagaron las voces de dos grandes de la música cubana con diferentes trayectorias pero cuyo legado ...
HAVANA -- Compay Segundo, 95, the wiry, cigar-smoking musician who was nearing 90 when he soared from obscurity to worldwide fame with the film and album "Buena Vista Social Club," died of kidney ...
COMPAY SEGUNDO, 95, died in his professional prime. Well known during the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, the golden age of Cuban son music, Segundo saw his traditional balladeering trail into obscurity, and he ...