''Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz'' (English: ''Yesterday Was Kumbia Kings, Today Is Kumbia All Starz'') is the debut

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by Mexican-American cumbia group

A.B. Quintanilla Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...

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Kumbia All Starz Los Kumbia All Starz are an American musical group from Corpus Christi, Texas, created by A.B. Quintanilla. Kumbia All Starz are not to be confused with Los Kumbia Kings although some members are originally from Los Kumbia Kings. Their 2006 debut ...

and the fifth studio album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on October 3, 2006 by

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. The fan edition was released on October 2, 2007. It has all the songs from the standard edition plus two more tracks and the music videos for "Chiquilla", "Parece Que Va a Llover", and "Speedy Gonzales".

Track listing

;Notes * "Anoche No Dormí" is a Spanish-language cover of "Another Sleepless Night", a 1959 song written by

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, recorded by Sedaka, and recorded and released as a single by

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in 1960 * "Mamacita Dónde Está Santa Claus" first appeared on ''Navidad con Amigos 2006'', released on December 1, 2006 and re-released on ''Navidad con Amigos 2007'' on November 30, 2007. The music video was released on the ''Navidad con Amigos'' DVD on September 18, 2007.

Personnel

;Kumbia All Starz *

A.B. Quintanilla III Abraham Quintanilla III (born December 13, 1963), known professionally as A.B. Quintanilla III or A.B. Quintanilla, is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, and the older brother of singer Selena, known as " The Queen of Tejano ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals, composer, producer * Pee Wee – vocals *

Ricky Rick Ricardo Ruiz Pérez, better known as Ricky Rick, is a Mexican singer, rapper and former vocalist for the band A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia All Starz. He has a successful career with Kumbia All Starz, performing songs such as "Mami" "Rica y Ap ...

– vocals * Roque Morales – vocals * Memo Morales – vocals *

Chris Pérez Christopher Gilbert Pérez (born August 14, 1969) is an American guitarist, best known as lead guitarist for the Tejano band Selena y Los Dinos. He married the frontwoman of the group, Selena, on April 2, 1992. Pérez grew up in San Antonio, Te ...

– guitar * Nick Banda – keyboards * Joey Jiménez – drums * Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards * Noe "Gipper / El Animal" Nieto, Jr. – accordion * Luigi Giraldo – keyboards, producer ;Additional musicians * Animal – accordion * Marcello Azevedo – guitar, percussion, programming, vocals, producer, bass * Alberto Barros – trombone, arranger, producer * Veve Calasans – percussion, vocals * Manuel Calderón – A&R * John DiPuccio – violin * Robert "LB" Dorsey – mixing * Sayyd Droullard – assistant * Rafael Elvira – violin * Scott Flavin – violin * Orlando J. Forte – violin * Javier Garza – mixing * Sergio George – piano, arranger, producer, mixing * Luigi Giraldo – arranger, engineer, keyboard programming, A&R, vocal director * Chris Glansdorp – cello * Henry Gomez – vihuela * Robert "Bobbo" Gomez III – arranger, engineer, keyboard programming * Douglas Guevara – percussion * Kiddo – DJ * Dina Kostic – violin * Isaias Leckler – Bass * Juan Cristobal Losada – engineer * Federico Mendez – guitar * José Antonio Molina – arranger, string direction * Roque Morales – chorus * John Mydrycs – mixing * Chris Pérez – guitar * Aquiles Priester – percussion * Joe Reyes – guitar * Silvio Richetto – vocals, engineer * Reuben Rodriguez – bass * Guillermo Sanchez – percussion, guira * Arturo Sandoval – trumpet * Tony Seepersad – violin * SP & JKey – producer * Dante Vargas – trumpet * Robert Vilera – percussion * Orlando Vitto – studio assistant * Mariusz Wojtowica – violin

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2006 debut albums Kumbia All Starz albums A. B. Quintanilla albums Albums produced by A.B. Quintanilla EMI Latin albums Spanish-language albums Cumbia albums Albums recorded at Q-Productions