Aniceto Molina Aguirre (17 April 1939 – 30 March 2015) was a Colombian
cumbia
Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans during colonial times, and Europeans. Examples include:
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singer-songwriter and
accordionist
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who began playing the instrument at the age of 12.
[ His career lasted for more than four decades. He was popular in Latin American countries, especially ]El Salvador
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Life
Molina was born in El Campano, Córdoba, Colombia
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, and lived in Mexico City, Mexico
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from 1973 to 1984.
In 1984, he moved to San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, Texas. Some of his most successful songs include "La Cumbia Sampuesana", "El Campanero", "La Gorra" and "La Burrita". Molina formed his group "Los Sabaneros" in 1979.
Death
Aniceto Molina died on 30 March 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 75,Famed Colombian Accordionist Aniceto Molina, “El Embajador de la Cumbia”, Has Passed Away
''Sounds and Colours'', 31 March 2015 due to a bacterial infection in his lungs. He had been hospitalized since February.
[Fallece Aniceto Molina tras una complicación pulmonar]
''La Prensa'' (Honduras), 30 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
Discography
* ''Cumpliendo un sueño'' (1960)
* ''Vol. 2'' (1962)
* ''Para bailar'' (1964)
* ''Playas marinas'' (1966)
* ''El Salvador vallenato'' (1968)
* ''La laguna sabanera'' (1970)
* ''Cumbias con mariachi'' (1971)
* ''La bicicleta'' (1972)
* ''Josefina'' (1973)
* ''Tropicales'' (1974)
* ''Cumbias y más cumbias'' (1975)
* ''Inmortales'' (1976)
* ''Vallenato mexicano'' (1977)
* ''A solas con mi acordeón'' (1978)
* ''Brindemos por las mujeres'' (1979)
* ''10 años tequila y cerveza'' (1980)
* ''El poeta del amor'' (1981)
* ''Vámonos de rumba'' (1982)
* ''Por ustedes'' (1983)
* ''Cumbia tropical'' (1984)
* ''Gracias México'' (1985)
* ''Los Sabaneros de Molina'' (1987)
* ''Puro vallenato'' (1989)
* ''Así es Colombia'' (1990)
* ''El rey de Colombia'' (1991)
* ''El rey de la cumbia'' (1992)
* ''Las mujeres de...'' (1993)
* '' Vallenato'' (1995)
* ''Texas ya baila... que chimba'' (1995)
* ''Mucha quebradita'' (1996)
* ''De Vallenato a Cumbia'' (1997)
* ''El Tigre Sabanero'' (1998)
* ''De parranda con...'' (1998)
* ''El burro moro'' (1999)
* ''Puro movimiento'' (2000)
* ''El cóndor legendario'' (2001)
* ''Embajador de la cumbia y vallenato clásico'' (2002)
* ''Aniceto Molina En Vivo'' (2002)
* ''Fiesta cumbiambera'' (2002)
* ''El Peluquero Salvatrucha (2002)''
* ''Las 16 de Tony'' (2003)
* ''El Garrobero (2004)''
* ''Vendí mi moto'' (2004)
* ''La Machaca'' (2004)
* ''Como siempre echando pa'lante'' (2004)
* ''Más sabroso que nunca'' (2005)
* ''México y Colombia'' (2006)
* ''Mi sombrero sabanero'' (2006)
* ''La trayectoria'' (2007)
* ''El Toro de tres palos'' (2008)
* '' Señor tabernero'' (2008)
* ''La Mariscada (2009)''
* ''Sembrando café'' (2009)
* ''Ayer, Hoy y Mañana (Cuando el hombre llega a viejo)'' (2010)
* ''El machito'' (2013)
* ''Desde el Cielo'' (2015)
* ''Desde el Cielo Vol. 2'' (2015)
* ''La Despedida (2015) -Sang by Edson Molina''
References
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1939 births
2015 deaths
Colombian accordionists
Cumbia musicians
People from Córdoba Department
Musicians from San Antonio
Musicians from Mexico City