Eliseo Herrera
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| Birth name | Eliseo Herrera Junco |
| Born | 14 June 1925 Cartagena, Colombia |
| Died | 5 March 2016 (aged 90) Cartagena, Colombia |
| Children | 17 |
Eliseo Herrera Junco (1925–2016) was a Colombian singer, musician, and songwriter. He wrote over 120 songs and was a member of Los Corraleros de Majagual.
Biography
[edit]Herrera was born on 14 June 1925 in Cartagena, Colombia.[1] His parents were Eufrosina Junco and Genaro Herrera.[2] As a young man he was a dockworker for Empresa Puertos de Colombia (Colpuertos), from whom he continued to draw a pension later in life.[1][2]
Herrera started singing in 1940,[3] and his musical career began with the Sonora Cordobesa.[4] His first recorded songs were "La Chula" and "La Matica de Mafafa", which were hits on the radio.[2] In the early 1960s he joined Los Corraleros de Majagual.[4]
One of Herrera's final performances was at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theatre in Bogotá in 2007. He died on 5 March 2016 in Cartagena.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Herrera's partner was Ana Isabel Corpas, with whom he had nine children, the oldest Celmira being born when the couple were around 15.[2] Herrera simultaneously had a long-term relationship with Romelia Vega, with whom he had six children. He had two other children, for a total of seventeen.[2]
Musical style and compositions
[edit]Herrera wrote over 120 songs in the genre of tropical music,[3] with notable examples including: "La Burrita", "El Vampiro", "La Adivinanza", "Tamborito de Carnaval", "Tres Tristes Tigres", "Tingo al Tango", "La Yerbita", "La Matica de Mafafa", "Pájaro Picón Picón", "Culebra Cascabel" and "La Bonga".[4]
Several artists recorded versions of Herrera's compositions, including Wilfrido Vargas, Juan Luis Guerra, and Billo's Caracas Boys. "La Burrita" was recorded by Franck Pourcel and Georges Jouvin.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Juan Carlos Piedrahita (7 March 2016), "Eliseo Herrera Junco (1925–2016)", El Espectador (in Spanish), retrieved 14 May 2025
- ^ a b c d e Juan Carlos Díaz M. (4 August 2011), "Eliseo sigue siendo 'el rey' de los trabalenguas" [Eliseo remains 'the king' of tongue twisters], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 15 May 2025
- ^ a b José I. Pinilla Aguilar (1980). "Herrera Junco Eliseo". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish). Editorial Ariana. pp. 256–257. OCLC 253182806.
- ^ a b c d "Eliseo Herrera, 95 años después" [Eliseo Herrera, 95 years on], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 15 June 2020, retrieved 14 May 2025
External links
[edit]- Eliseo Herrera discography at Discogs
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