Orfeón is a

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from

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, which has released many recordings for the

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n market since at least the 1950s.D.A. Henriques dissertation: ''Performing Nationalism: Mariachi, Media and Transformation of a Tradition (1920--1942)'' 0549386165 2006 "In 1947, Baptista and Klinckwort parted ways and out of that split the label Musart was founded (Zolov 1999, 21). Musart would be an important label into the 1950s and in 1957 the Orfeón label was founded by Rogelio Azcárraga Madero, son son of Mexican media mogul Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta" In 1961, after having released Mexican editions of several of their

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singles, the label signed American rockers

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and the band had numerous regional hits on the label, most notably the partial instrumental "Florida Twist" and the Spanish-language "Twist Espanol", during their tenure that lasted until early 1966. The label also sponsored a musical television series, '' Orfeón a Go-Go'' (which included appearances by Haley, among other acts from the label). Orfeón was affiliated with the Dimsa label in the 1960s, releasing some material (including a number of Haley albums) under this label. Another major American act that recorded for the label was

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in 1966 (his recordings were backed by Haley's Comets, and Turner performed one of the songs along with Haley and the Comets on an episode of ''Orfeón a Go-Go''). Orfeón was licensed to distribute in Mexico recording of some artists outside of its own roster of performers. Examples of these artists include

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(born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti) and

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