"Carmen de Bolívar" is a Colombian song written and performed by
Lucho Bermúdez
Luis Eduardo Bermúdez Acosta (January 25, 1912 – April 23, 1994) better known as Lucho Bermúdez, was a Colombian musician, composer, Arrangement, arranger, director and Performing arts, performer. He is considered to be one of the most importan ...
. The song, released in 1958, is about Bermudez's home town,
El Carmen de Bolívar
El Carmen de Bolívar is a municipality in the department of Bolívar, Colombia, 114 km southeast of Cartagena de Indias. It is located in the orographic system of the Montes de María, being the largest population, as well as the one that ...
in Colombia's
Bolívar Department
Bolívar () is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. It is located to the north of the country, extending roughly north–south from the Caribbean coast at Cartagena near ...
.
Viva Music Colombia rated the song No. 14 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time.
In its list of the 50 best Colombian songs of all time, ''
El Tiempo'', Colombia's most widely circulated newspaper, ranked the version of the song by Lucho Bermudez and his orchestra at No. 20.
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Lucho Bermúdez
Luis Eduardo Bermúdez Acosta (January 25, 1912 – April 23, 1994) better known as Lucho Bermúdez, was a Colombian musician, composer, Arrangement, arranger, director and Performing arts, performer. He is considered to be one of the most importan ...
at Spanish Wikipedia
Colombian songs