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

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– 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''. His breakthrough came with the hit "

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

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, inventor of the '' cha-cha-chá''.

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