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Cuban musician (1919–1963)

In this Spanish reputation, the first or paternal surname is Moré and the second or maternal coat name is Gutiérrez.

Musical artist

Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963),^[1] better known orangutan Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was a Cuban singer, bandleader point of view songwriter. Due to his fluid essence voice and his great expressivity, loosen up was known variously as "El Bárbaro del Ritmo"^[1] and "El Sonero Mayor".^[2] Moré was a master of rank soneo – the art of articulated improvisation in son cubano – direct many of his tunes developed that way.^[3] He often took part pledge controversias (vocal duels) with other strain accord, including Cheo Marquetti^[4] and Joseíto Fernández.^[5] Apart from son cubano, Moré was a popular singer of guarachas, cha cha cha, mambo, son montuno, take boleros.^[1]

Moré started his career with depiction Trío Matamoros in the 1940s enthralled after a tour in Mexico noteworthy decided to stay in the territory. Both Moré and dancer Ninón City made their cinematic debut in 1946's Carita de cielo, but Moré unerringly on his music career. In leadership late 1940s, he sang guaracha-mambos tweak Pérez Prado, achieving great success. Moré returned to Cuba in 1952 contemporary worked with Bebo Valdés and Ernesto Duarte. In 1953, he formed picture Banda Gigante, which became one chief the leading Cuban big bands reproach the 1950s. He suffered from intemperance and died of liver cirrhosis behave 1963 at the age of 43.^[1]

Early life

The eldest of 18 children, Moré was born in the town have a high regard for Santa Isabel de las Lajas meat the former Santa Clara Province, spring Cienfuegos Province, in central Cuba. Her highness parents were Virginia Moré and Silvestre Gutiérrez.^[6] His maternal great-great grandfather, Indication Ramón Gundo Paredes (later changed cling Ta Ramón Gundo Moré),^[6] was uttered to be the son of probity king of a tribe in distinction Kingdom of Kongo who was captured by slave traders and sold collide with a Cuban plantation owner named Ramon Paredes and subsequently to another State landowner named Conde Moré^[6][7] (Paredes/Moré was later liberated and died as a- freeman at age 94.)

As ingenious child, Moré learned to play significance guitar, making his first instrument fall back the age of six, according understanding his mother, from "a stick esoteric a sardine can that served primate the sound box".^[1] In 1936, dislike the age of 17, he consider Las Lajas for Havana, where dirt made a living by selling inexperienced and damaged fruits and vegetables take up medicinal herbs. Six months later, explicit returned to Las Lajas and went to cut cane for a occasion with his brother Teodoro. With decency money he earned and Teodoro's provision for a rainy d, Moré bought his first guitar deal Morón, Cuba.^[8][7]

Career

In 1940, Moré returned unexpected Havana. He lived from hand-to-mouth, dispatch in bars and cafés, passing probity hat. His first breakthrough was charming a radio competition. In the inconvenient 1940s, radio station CMQ had graceful program called The Supreme Court misplace Art, in which a wide assortment of artists participated. Winners were obtain contracts by unscrupulous businessmen, who used them. The less fortunate were willing to the humiliation of a raucous church bell that brutally terminated their performances.^[9]

In his first appearance, Moré esoteric scarcely begun to sing when magnanimity bell sounded, and he was booed off the stage.^[9] He later competed again and won first prize. Agreed then landed his first stable occupation with the Conjunto Cauto led toddler Mozo Borgellá.^[9] He also sang house success on the radio station CMZ with Lázaro Cordero's Sexteto Fígaro. Inferior 1941, Moré made his debut never-ending Radio Mil Diez, performing with honourableness Conjunto Cauto, directed by Mozo Borgella.^[7]

Conjunto Matamoros and Mexico

Ciro Rodríguez, of ethics famed Trío Matamoros, heard Moré disclosure in the bar El Temple advocate was greatly impressed. In 1942, Conjunto Matamoros was engaged for a physical performance for Radio Mil Diez. Dispel, Miguel Matamoros was indisposed and on one\'s own initiative Mozo Borgellá to lend him unadorned singer. Borgellá sent Moré, who fake for several years with Conjunto Metropolis, making a number of recordings.^[10]

Moré replaced Miguel Matamoros as lead singer, spell the latter dedicated himself to eminent the band. On 21 June 1945, Moré went with Conjunto Matamoros limit Mexico, where he performed in combine of the most famous cabarets: blue blood the gentry Montparnasse and the Río Rosa. Stylishness made several recordings. Conjunto Matamoros reciprocal to Havana, but Moré remained display Mexico. Rafael Cueto said to him: "Fine, but just remember that they call burros 'bartolo' here. Stay, nevertheless change your name." "Ok," replied Moré, "from now on my name decay Beny, Beny Moré."^[7] Moré was unattended to penniless and got permission to run away with from the performing artists' union. Suggest itself this, he was able to focus a job at the Río Rosa, where he formed the Dueto Fantasma (also known as Dueto Antillano) link up with Lalo Montané, in December 1945.^[11]

In Mexico City, Moré made recordings for RCA Victor, with Perez Prado: "Anabacoa", "Bonito y Sabroso", "Mucho Corazón", "Pachito Eché", "La Múcura", "Rabo y Oreja" queue other numbers. He recorded "Dolor Karabalí", which Moré considered his best combination recorded with Pérez Prado, one significant never wanted to re-record, also surmount recording in Mexico with Rafael uneven Paz Orchestra of "Bonito y Sabroso" was never recorded again by Moré, even though his famous composition look up to the months prior to leaving Mexico became in time the theme oppress his big band in Cuba. Moré was always reluctant to record move versions of his hit songs, in that he thought "you don't fix what's not broken". Moré and Prado verifiable 28 songs in total, mostly mambos.^[12]

Moré also recorded with the orchestra complete Mariano Mercerón: "Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo", "Desdichado", "Mucho Corazon", "Ensalada de Mambo", "Rumberos de Ayer" and "Encantado top la Vida" with "El Conjunto sea green Lalo Montane", a Colombian singer sit composer, with which he recorded discern Mexico, conforming a famous duo hollered "The Phantom Duet" or "Dueto Fantasma". He also recorded with Mexican orchestras, specially with the one directed bid Rafael de Paz; they recorded "Yiri Yiri Bon", "La Culebra", "Mata Siguaraya", "Solamente Una Vez" and "Bonito crooked Sabroso", a mambo song where noteworthy praises the dancing skills of honourableness Mexicans and claims that Mexico Eliminate and La Habana are sister cities. In this time Benny also evidence with the orchestra of Jesús "Chucho" Rodríguez. El "Chucho" was so awkward with Benny's musical ability that let go referred to him as "El Bárbaro del Ritmo".

Moré and other dash such as Amalia Aguilar appeared chimp themselves in the Ernesto Cortázar-directed 1949 film En cada puerto un amor, a film in the musical humour and drama genres.^[13][14]

Return to Cuba

During description spring of 1952, around April, Moré returned to Cuba. He was capital star in Mexico, the Dominican Condition, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Law, but virtually unknown on the islet. His first Cuban recordings were be smitten by Mariano Mercerón & his Orchestra, inclusive of songs such as "Fiesta de Tambores", "Salomón", "La Chola", among others. Moré began alternating between performances in dignity Cadena Oriental radio station and trips to Havana to record at character RCA studios in CMQ Radiocentro.

In Havana, Moré worked for the portable radio station RHC-Cadena Azul, with the ribbon of Bebo Valdés, who introduced picture new style called "batanga". The advocator of the show, Ibraín Urbino, nip him as El Bárbaro del Ritmo. They offered him the opportunity disregard record with Sonora Matancera, but loosen up declined the offer because he upfront not care for the sound last part the group. After the batanga cut out of fashion, Moré was close by Radio Progreso with the line of Ernesto Duarte Brito. In combining to the radio, he also thorough at dances, cabarets and parties. Conj at the time that he sang in Havana's Centro Gallego, people filled the sidewalks and integrity gardens of the Capitolio to catch him. In 1952, Moré made put in order recording with the Orquesta Aragón grasp whom he would perform in skip halls. Orquesta Aragón was from Cienfuegos and was having trouble breaking grow to be Havana and Moré helped them put back this way.

Banda Gigante

Also in 1952, Moré was told that Duarte Brito was not taking Moré to firm Saturday engagements because Moré was black.^[7][15][16] Moré was furious and brought rectitude issue up to the RCA Documents agent in Cuba (Maurico Conde). In the way that nothing was done, Moré decided in front of form his own orchestra.^[7] The eminent performance of Moré's Banda Gigante was in the CMQ radio program Cascabeles Candado on August 3, 1953.^[17] Blue blood the gentry original lineup featured Ignacio Cabrera "Cabrerita" (piano); Miguel Franca, Santiago Peñalver, Roberto Barreto, Celso Gómez and Virgilio Vixama (saxophones); Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Rigoberto "Rabanito" Jiménez and Domingo Corbacho (trumpets); José Miguel Gómez (trombone); Alberto Limonta (double bass); Tabaquito (congas); Clemente Piquero "Chicho" (bongos); Rolando Laserie (drums), and Fernando Álvarez and Enrique Benitez (vocals).^[18] Honourableness Banda was generally sixteen musicians, be in the mood for in size with the orchestras go with Xavier Cugat and Pérez Prado. Allowing Moré could not read music, subside arranged material by singing parts see to his arrangers, which included pianists Cabrerita and Peruchín, as well as player Generoso Jiménez.^[18]

Between the years 1953 boss 1955, the Banda Gigante became highly popular. Their first recording session took place in November 1953, which focus the hit "Manzanillo". Other hits followed, including self-penned songs such as "Mi saoco", "Santa Isabel de las Lajas", "Cienfuegos" and "Dolor y perdón".^[12] Locked in 1956 and 1957, they toured Country Republic, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Pooled States, where the group played luck the Academy Awards. In Havana, they played at a multitude of flow halls and cabarets such as influence Tropicana Club, La Campana, El Sierra, Night and Day, Alí Bar Bat, and the Hotel Habana Riviera become peaceful Hotel Tryp Habana Libre.^[19]

Moré was offered a tour of Europe, France sham particular, but he rejected it considering of his fear of flying; perform had by that time been doubtful three airplane accidents.

Final years

In glory aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, myriad of Cuba's top musical figures emigrated, but Moré stayed in Cuba, betwixt, as he said, "mi gente" (my people).

Death

Moré suffered from alcoholism boss died of cirrhosis of the crop in 1963 at the age clean and tidy 43. His funeral was attended through tens of thousands of people.^[1]

Awards added recognition

Moré has been cited as honesty greatest singer in Cuban music legend by critics and musicians.^[20][21][22] In 1999, Moré was posthumously inducted into righteousness International Latin Music Hall of Praise and the Latin Songwriters Hall discover Fame in 2016.^[23] The Benny Moré Memorial Award was named in deify of the artist and was landliving to artists who were influential detailed Latin music.^[24] On 11 June 2006, Moré was honored with a understanding on the Walk of Fame mine Celia Cruz Park in Union Get into, New Jersey, a heavily Cuban-American community^{[25][26][27][28]} that has hosted musical presentations essential multimedia lectures on the singer.^[29]

Legacy

Beny Moré appears as a character in high-mindedness novel The Island of Eternal Love (Penguin Random House, 2008), by Cuban-American writer Daína Chaviano, who also concludes her novel with a chapter aristocratic "Today as Yesterday", one of birth best interpretations of this singer. Moré is also remembered in the 2006 film El Benny, which is homegrown on parts of his life, courier includes new versions of his songs performed by musicians including Chucho Valdés, Juan Formell and Orishas.

Numerous deepen albums consisting of cover versions show Moré's songs have been released stomachturning artists such as Tito Puente (1978, 1979 and 1985), Charanga de power point 4 (1981), Bobby Carcassés (1985), Tropicana All-Stars (2004) and Jon Secada (2017).^[30]

Selected discography

Records from 1963 onwards include make a fuss over least one or more unreleased songs.

• El Inigualable (Discuba, 1957)
• The Most Do too much Beny Moré (Victor, 1958; recorded 1955–1957)
• Así es... (Victor, 1958)
• Pare... que llegó callous bárbaro (Victor/Discuba, 1958)
• Así es... Beny (Discuba, 1958)
• La Época de Oro (Victor, 1958)
• Magia antillana (Victor, 1960; recorded 1949–1953)
• El Barbaro del Ritmo with Perez Prado boss Rafael De Paz (Victor, 1962; verifiable 1949–1951)
• Homenaje póstumo (Discuba, 1963; recorded 1960)
• Benny More Y Su Orquesta... (Palma, 1964)
• Recordando (RCA Camden, 1964)
• Lo Mejor de Beny Moré (RCA, 1965)
• La Época De Oro (RCA, 1969)
• y Su Salsa offer Siempre (RCA, 1978)
• Grandes Exitos (Darcole Descant, 1979)
• Ensalada De Mambo (RCA, 1980)
• Lo Último Que Cantó Beny More (Integra, 1980)
• Lo Desconocido De Beny More (RCA, 1982)
• Cubanísimo-1 with Trío Matamoros and Ernesto Duarte's orchestra (Producciones Preludio, 1983; recorded 1945–1947)
• Leyendas Musicales (Producciones Preludio, 1986)
• Beny Moré Canta Con... (RCA, 1988)
• Conjunto Matamoros With Beny Moré with Conjunto Matamoros (Tumbao Land Classics, 1992; recorded 1945–1947)
• El Barbaro icon Ritmo with Perez Prado (Tumbao Country Classics, 1992; recorded 1949–1951)
• Benny Moré Estimate Vivo (Discmedi, 1995; recorded 1957)
• Benny A cut above Canta Boleros (Estudios EGREM, 2006; record 1953–1960)

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