Los Panchos

The quintessential classic bolero trio, Los Panchos were formed in NY in 1944 by Mexicans Alfredo Bojalil Gil and Chucho Navarro and Puerto Rican Hernando Avilés. The trio’s innovative format, which would turn into a standard from the genre, presented three voices and three guitars, in addition to Gil’s distinctive usage of the Mexican requinto acoustic guitar, a musical instrument he developed himself, for all your lead parts. Los Panchos became probably one of the most popular Latin American musical works from the 20th hundred years, producing their name associated using the bolero and exporting the genre all around the globe, offering million of information, and showing up in countless movies. A few of their finest recordings had been made in cooperation with feminine vocalists, notably American vocalist Eydie Gorme, but additionally Argentines Estela Raval and María Martha Serra Lima. Primary composers Gil and Navarro continued to be the trio’s primary throughout the years, while the business lead vocal place was assumed by way of a succession of male performers, including Julio Rodríguez, Johnny Albino, Enrique Cáceres, and Rafael Basurto.