Tito Gómez (born José Antonio Tenreiro Gómez; January 30, 1920 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

– 16 October 2000) was a Cuban singer. In 1938, he won a music contest in his native Cuba, called ''La Corte Suprema del Arte'' (The Supreme Court of Art). Shortly afterwards, he joined the ''Sevilla Biltmore Orquestra'' and in 1939, he began singing for ''

Orquesta Riverside Orquesta Riverside (known as Orquesta Havana Riverside between 1938 and 1941) was a highly successful Cuban big band that was amongst the most popular ensembles of the 1940s and 1950s. Founded in 1938, it was originally directed by local musician ...

''. His breakthrough came with the hit "

Vereda Tropical ''Vereda Tropical'' is a 1984 Brazilian telenovela created by Carlos Lombardi, and starring Lucélia Santos. Plot Silvana ( Lucélia Santos) is a simple girl, raised by her grandmother Da Paz since she was a small child, when she lost her pare ...

". In the 1970s, he was part of a group called ''Orquesta Jorrín'', led by

Enrique Jorrín Enrique Jorrín ( Candelaria, Pinar del Río, December 25, 1926 - Havana, December 12, 1987) was a Cuban charanga violinist, composer and music director. He is considered the inventor of the '' cha-cha-chá'', a popular style of ballroom music de ...

, inventor of the '' cha-cha-chá''.

External links

* allmusic page 20th-century Cuban male singers 1920 births 2000 deaths Orquesta Riverside members {{Cuba-singer-stub