ABELARDO BARROSO
Releases
- Agustín Lara, Canciones
- El Alma de Cuba, Abelardo Barroso
- Barroso y la Sensación, Abelardo Barroso
- Sonero Mayor, Abelardo Barroso
- La Voz y las Canciones de Abelardo Barroso
- Cubanacan, Cuarteto Marcano
- Exitos De Siempre, Alberto de Luque
- 100 Cubanos de los 50
- De Cuba, La Guajira y el Son, Various Artists
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 11
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 10
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 9
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 8
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 7
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 6
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 5
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 4
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 3
- 50 Hits de la Vieja Radio Cubana Vol. 2
- Caribe Vintage Lounge, Various Artists
- Salseros de los 50, Various Artists
- De Cuba a Puerto Rico
- Salsa Caribe 100 Rumbas, Merengues, Guarachas, Mambos...
- Nuestros Boleros Vol 2, Varios Artistas
- Música Cubana. 200 Canciones
- 50 Canciones de la Vieja Radio Cubana
- Nuestros Boleros, Varios Artistas
- Cuba la Vieja Trova
- 100 Latinos VIP Vintage Music
Videos
Biography
In 1929–1930 he joined the stage variety group Salmerón, with whom he toured Spain. Returning to Cuba in 1931, he joined the Orquesta Ernesto Muñoz. In 1933 he founded the charanga López–Barroso with Orestes López. He appeared alternately with this band and with the Sexteto Universo, and in 1935 founded the Sexteto Pinin. There followed spells with the bands of Andrés Laferté and Everado Ordaz before, in 1939, he joined the important charanga Maravillas del Siglo and performed on Radio COCO.
During the 1940s he worked at the cabaret Sans-Souci until 1948, when he directed and sang for the National Police Band. Finally, set up his own band, Orquesta Sensación, another top-class charanga. They won the Disco de Oro for a recording of En Guantánamo and Arráncame la vida. With La Sensación he appeared in Miami in 1957 and in New York, 1959 and 1960. Abelardo Barroso he retired in 1969