Napoleón Nelson Pinedo Fedullo (10 February 1928 – 27 October 2016) was a singer from

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. In 1954, Pinedo began a five-year career with the

Sonora Matancera La Sonora Matancera is a Cuban band that played Latin American urban popular dance music. Founded in 1924 and led for more than five decades by guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer Rogelio Martínez, musicologists consider it an icon of ...

, a Cuban ensemble, which at the time had widespread fame in Latin America. He incorporated various Colombian songs (porros,

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s, and mapalés) into the band's repertoire— many of which were adapted to Cuban rhythms such as the

Bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It has ...

Death

Two weeks after suffering a stroke, Pinedo died in

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, on 27 October 2016 at the age of 88.Colombia's 'Admiral of Rhythm' Nelson Pinedo dies at 88
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Discography

* Una Noche en Caracas * Nelson Pinedo Sings * Sonora Matancera: Invite you to Dance * Sonora Matancera: Desfile de Estrellas * El Rítmico * Cortijo Combo * A Bailar Merecumbé Con Pacho Galán, con Pacho Galán y su Orquesta * A Latin in América * En Venezuela, con "Chucho" Sanoja y su Orquesta * ¿Quién Será? * La Esquina del Movimiento * Sale Caliente...Y Como Callao...

References

* Fausto Pérez Villarreal. ''Nelson Pinedo: El Almirante Del Ritmo''. Fundación Cultural Nueva Música, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinedo, Nelson 1928 births 2016 deaths People from Barranquilla 20th-century Colombian male singers Colombian expatriates in Cuba