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Cuban musician (1919–1963)

In this Country name, the first or paternal surname is Moré and the following or maternal family name recapitulate Gutiérrez.

Benny Moré
Birth name	Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez
Also be revealed as	Beny Moré "El Bárbaro del Ritmo" "El Sonero Mayor"
Born	(1919-08-24)24 August 1919 Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cuba
Died	19 Feb 1963(1963-02-19) (aged 43) Havana, Cuba
Genres	Son montuno, mambo, guaracha, bolero, afro
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1944–1963
Labels	RCA Victor, Discuba

Musical artist

Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963),^[1] safer known as Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was efficient Cuban singer, bandleader and composer.

Due to his fluid temper voice and his great expressivity, he was known variously whilst "El Bárbaro del Ritmo"^[1] duct "El Sonero Mayor".^[2] Moré was a master of the soneo – the art of put into words improvisation in son cubano – and many of his tunes developed this way.^[3] He oft took part in controversias (vocal duels) with other singers, together with Cheo Marquetti^[4] and Joseíto Fernández.^[5] Apart from son cubano, Moré was a popular singer do in advance guarachas, cha cha cha, mambo, son montuno, and boleros.^[1]

Moré going on his career with the Trío Matamoros in the 1940s become more intense after a tour in Mexico he decided to stay convoluted the country.

Both Moré near dancer Ninón Sevilla made their cinematic debut in 1946's Carita de cielo, but Moré hard-working on his music career. Welcome the late 1940s, he chant guaracha-mambos with Pérez Prado, completion great success. Moré returned get to Cuba in 1952 and acted upon with Bebo Valdés and Ernesto Duarte. In 1953, he in the know the Banda Gigante, which became one of the leading Land big bands of the Fifties.

He suffered from alcoholism suffer died of liver cirrhosis play a role 1963 at the age trap 43.^[1]

Early life

The eldest of 18 children, Moré was born behave the town of Santa Isabel de las Lajas in illustriousness former Santa Clara Province, give to Cienfuegos Province, in central State.

His parents were Virginia Moré and Silvestre Gutiérrez.^[6] His motherly great-great grandfather, Ta Ramón Gundo Paredes (later changed to Symphony Ramón Gundo Moré),^[6] was spoken to be the son draw round the king of a ethnic group in the Kingdom of Bantu who was captured by slaveling traders and sold to a-one Cuban plantation owner named Ramon Paredes and subsequently to in relation to Cuban landowner named Conde Moré^[6][7] (Paredes/Moré was later liberated tolerate died as a freeman reassure age 94.)

As a infant, Moré learned to play character guitar, making his first apparatus at the age of sise, according to his mother, yield "a stick and a sard can that served as character sound box".^[1] In 1936, drum the age of 17, closure left Las Lajas for Havana, where he made a direct by selling bruised and defective fruits and vegetables and sanative herbs.

Six months later, purify returned to Las Lajas unthinkable went to cut cane annoyed a season with his kinsman Teodoro. With the money why not? earned and Teodoro's savings, Moré bought his first guitar twist Morón, Cuba.^[8][7]

Career

In 1940, Moré mutual to Havana.

He lived bring forth hand-to-mouth, playing in bars with cafés, passing the hat. Fulfil first breakthrough was winning top-hole radio competition. In the entirely 1940s, radio station CMQ locked away a program called The Matchless Court of Art, in which a wide variety of artists participated. Winners were given bargain by unscrupulous businessmen, who harried them.

The less fortunate were treated to the humiliation type a loud church bell roam brutally terminated their performances.^[9]

In king first appearance, Moré had only just begun to sing when authority bell sounded, and he was booed off the stage.^[9] Subside later competed again and won first prize.

He then worthwhile his first stable job agree with the Conjunto Cauto led through Mozo Borgellá.^[9] He also chant with success on the ghetto-blaster station CMZ with Lázaro Cordero's Sexteto Fígaro. In 1941, Moré made his debut on Televise Mil Diez, performing with depiction Conjunto Cauto, directed by Mozo Borgella.^[7]

Conjunto Matamoros and Mexico

Ciro Rodríguez, of the famed Trío Metropolis, heard Moré singing in probity bar El Temple and was greatly impressed.

In 1942, Conjunto Matamoros was engaged for cool live performance for Radio Mil Diez. However, Miguel Matamoros was indisposed and asked Mozo Borgellá to lend him a cantor. Borgellá sent Moré, who stirred for several years with Conjunto Matamoros, making a number explain recordings.^[10]

Moré replaced Miguel Matamoros significance lead singer, and the admire dedicated himself to leading authority band.

On 21 June 1945, Moré went with Conjunto City to Mexico, where he full in two of the about famous cabarets: the Montparnasse sit the Río Rosa. He effortless several recordings. Conjunto Matamoros common to Havana, but Moré remained in Mexico. Rafael Cueto supposed to him: "Fine, but reasonable remember that they call burros 'bartolo' here.

Stay, but incident your name." "Ok," replied Moré, "from now on my title is Beny, Beny Moré."^[7] Moré was left penniless and got permission to work from excellence performing artists' union. With that, he was able to order a job at the Río Rosa, where he formed distinction Dueto Fantasma (also known chimp Dueto Antillano) with Lalo Montané, in December 1945.^[11]

In Mexico Movement, Moré made recordings for RCA Victor, with Perez Prado: "Anabacoa", "Bonito y Sabroso", "Mucho Corazón", "Pachito Eché", "La Múcura", "Rabo y Oreja" and other in abundance.

He recorded "Dolor Karabalí", which Moré considered his best paper recorded with Pérez Prado, connotation he never wanted to re-record, also his recording in Mexico with Rafael de Paz Tie of "Bonito y Sabroso" was never recorded again by Moré, even though his famous production of the months prior discover leaving Mexico became in interval the theme of his rough band in Cuba.

Moré was always reluctant to record twinkling versions of his hit songs, as he thought "you don't fix what's not broken". Moré and Prado recorded 28 songs in total, mostly mambos.^[12]

Moré as well recorded with the orchestra interrupt Mariano Mercerón: "Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo", "Desdichado", "Mucho Corazon", "Ensalada de Mambo", "Rumberos de Ayer" and "Encantado de la Vida" with "El Conjunto de Lalo Montane", a Colombian singer enthralled composer, with which he record in Mexico, conforming a notable duo called "The Phantom Duet" or "Dueto Fantasma".

He very recorded with Mexican orchestras, on purpose with the one directed preschooler Rafael de Paz; they verifiable "Yiri Yiri Bon", "La Culebra", "Mata Siguaraya", "Solamente Una Vez" and "Bonito y Sabroso", top-notch mambo song where he praises the dancing skills of authority Mexicans and claims that Mexico City and La Habana attend to sister cities.

In this always Benny also recorded with greatness orchestra of Jesús "Chucho" Rodríguez. El "Chucho" was so feigned with Benny's musical ability meander he referred to him thanks to "El Bárbaro del Ritmo".

Moré and other performers such by reason of Amalia Aguilar appeared as herself in the Ernesto Cortázar-directed 1949 film En cada puerto go over amor, a film in say publicly musical comedy and drama genres.^[13][14]

Return to Cuba

During the spring trip 1952, around April, Moré exchanged to Cuba.

He was splendid star in Mexico, the State Republic, Panama, Colombia, Brazil existing Puerto Rico, but virtually unrecognized on the island. His pull it off Cuban recordings were with Mariano Mercerón & his Orchestra, containing songs such as "Fiesta allow Tambores", "Salomón", "La Chola", halfway others. Moré began alternating mid performances in the Cadena Condition radio station and trips phizog Havana to record at loftiness RCA studios in CMQ Radiocentro.

In Havana, Moré worked quota the radio station RHC-Cadena Azul, with the orchestra of Bebo Valdés, who introduced the advanced style called "batanga". The front of the show, Ibraín Urbino, presented him as El Bárbaro del Ritmo. They offered him the opportunity to record pertain to Sonora Matancera, but he declined the offer because he frank not care for the dependable of the group.

After illustriousness batanga fell out of method, Moré was contracted by Ghettoblaster Progreso with the orchestra be advantageous to Ernesto Duarte Brito. In sum to the radio, he too performed at dances, cabarets endure parties. When he sang assimilate Havana's Centro Gallego, people abundant the sidewalks and the gardens of the Capitolio to ascertain him.

In 1952, Moré energetic a recording with the Orquesta Aragón with whom he would perform in dance halls. Orquesta Aragón was from Cienfuegos very last was having trouble breaking minor road Havana and Moré helped them in this way.

Banda Gigante

Also in 1952, Moré was bad that Duarte Brito was clump taking Moré to certain Weekday engagements because Moré was black.^[7][15][16] Moré was furious and humbled the issue up to dignity RCA Records agent in Land (Maurico Conde).

When nothing was done, Moré decided to group his own orchestra.^[7] The primary performance of Moré's Banda Gigante was in the CMQ show program Cascabeles Candado on Grave 3, 1953.^[17] The original roster featured Ignacio Cabrera "Cabrerita" (piano); Miguel Franca, Santiago Peñalver, Roberto Barreto, Celso Gómez and Virgilio Vixama (saxophones); Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Rigoberto "Rabanito" Jiménez and Tenor Corbacho (trumpets); José Miguel Gómez (trombone); Alberto Limonta (double bass); Tabaquito (congas); Clemente Piquero "Chicho" (bongos); Rolando Laserie (drums), cranium Fernando Álvarez and Enrique Benitez (vocals).^[18] The Banda was for the most part sixteen musicians, comparable in vastness with the orchestras of Missionary Cugat and Pérez Prado.

Conj albeit Moré could not read penalization, he arranged material by melodic parts to his arrangers, which included pianists Cabrerita and Peruchín, as well as trombonist Generoso Jiménez.^[18]

Between the years 1953 slab 1955, the Banda Gigante became immensely popular. Their first vinyl session took place in Nov 1953, which included the strike "Manzanillo".

Other hits followed, together with self-penned songs such as "Mi saoco", "Santa Isabel de las Lajas", "Cienfuegos" and "Dolor witty perdón".^[12] In 1956 and 1957, they toured Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Leagued States, where the group troubled at the Academy Awards.

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In Havana, they played have emotional impact a multitude of dance halls and cabarets such as leadership Tropicana Club, La Campana, Stumble Sierra, Night and Day, Alí Bar Club, and the Lodging Habana Riviera and Hotel Tryp Habana Libre.^[19]

Moré was offered unblended tour of Europe, France remove particular, but he rejected dedicated because of his fear accuse flying; he had by meander time been in three warplane accidents.

Final years

In the issue of the Cuban Revolution, distinct of Cuba's top musical census emigrated, but Moré stayed featureless Cuba, among, as he thought, "mi gente" (my people).

Death

Moré suffered from alcoholism and suitably of cirrhosis of the products in 1963 at the exposй of 43.

His funeral was attended by tens of many of people.^[1]

Awards and recognition

Moré has been cited as the highest singer in Cuban music scenery by critics and musicians.^[20][21][22] Acquit yourself 1999, Moré was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Punishment Hall of Fame and nobleness Latin Songwriters Hall of Renown in 2016.^[23] The Benny Moré Memorial Award was named get the message honor of the artist turf was given to artists who were influential in Latin music.^[24] On 11 June 2006, Moré was honored with a receiving on the Walk of Superiority at Celia Cruz Park coach in Union City, New Jersey, systematic heavily Cuban-American community^{[25][26][27][28]} that has hosted musical presentations and disc lectures on the singer.^[29]

Legacy

Beny Moré appears as a character timely the novel The Island good buy Eternal Love (Penguin Random Deal with, 2008), by Cuban-American writer Daína Chaviano, who also concludes breather novel with a chapter lordly "Today as Yesterday", one get a hold the best interpretations of that singer.

Moré is also eternal in the 2006 film El Benny, which is based artifice parts of his life, shaft includes new versions of jurisdiction songs performed by musicians together with Chucho Valdés, Juan Formell presentday Orishas.

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

Selected discography

Records from 1963 onwards include enthral least one or more unreleased songs.

• El Inigualable (Discuba, 1957)
• The Most From Beny Moré (Victor, 1958; recorded 1955–1957)
• Así es... (Victor, 1958)
• Pare... que llegó el bárbaro (Victor/Discuba, 1958)
• Así es... Beny (Discuba, 1958)
• La Época de Oro (Victor, 1958)
• Magia antillana (Victor, 1960; canned 1949–1953)
• El Barbaro del Ritmo expound Perez Prado and Rafael Holiday Paz (Victor, 1962; recorded 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 Vol.II (RCA, 1969)
• y Su Salsa de Siempre (RCA, 1978)
• Grandes Exitos (Darcole Penalisation, 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 gang (Producciones Preludio, 1983; recorded 1945–1947)
• Leyendas Musicales (Producciones Preludio, 1986)
• Beny Moré Canta Con... (RCA, 1988)
• Conjunto Metropolis With Beny Moré with Conjunto Matamoros (Tumbao Cuban Classics, 1992; recorded 1945–1947)
• El Barbaro del Ritmo with Perez Prado (Tumbao Country Classics, 1992; recorded 1949–1951)
• Benny Moré En Vivo (Discmedi, 1995; filmed 1957)
• Benny More Canta Boleros (Estudios EGREM, 2006; recorded 1953–1960)

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