Antonio Machin - Dos gardenias (1947)

Antonio Machín (born Antonio Abad Lugo Machín, Sagua la Grande, Cuba 11 February 1903 -- 4 August 1977, Madrid) was a Cuban singer and musician. His version of El Manisero, recorded in New York, 1930, with Don Azpiazú's orchestra, was the first million record seller for a Cuban artist.[1][2] Although this was labelled a rumba, it was in reality a son pregón, namely, a song based on a street-sellers' cry. Machín was the son of a black Cuban woman, Leoncia Machín, and a white Cuban father, Antonio (Benítez de) Lugo. Machín, a dark mulatto, was one of sixteen children. In 1935 he moved to Europe, living in London and Paris before settling in Madrid in the late 1930s, where he would remain until his death. In Paris, he formed Antonio Machín y su Orquesta, with Simons on piano, and continued to record in the city (where Cuban music had been popular since the late twenties). After moving to Madrid he married María de los Ángeles Rodríguez, from Seville, in 1943. As the Cuarteto Machín, he made over 60 recordings in Spain, often recording the works of composers Oswaldo Farrés and Consuelo Velázquez. He also had an extensive recording career singing with various Spanish bands; the total of recordings in Europe may be as many as four hundred,[4] giving him a lifetime total of about 600 numbers recorded. If that is approximately right, he would be one of the most recorded Cuban singers of the 20th century, but behind Celia Cruz. He died in Madrid in 1977 and was interred in the San Fernando Cemetery in the city of Seville. He is best known for singing El Manisero, Dos gardenias, Madrecita, and Angelitos negros.

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[MUSICMAN1963ful]

exelente viva por siempre

[ipatia1000]

Sensacional !



[leoncoda]

formidable,,. LA autora de la canción fue la fallecida cubana ISOLINA CARRILLO

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formidable

[xta51]

Magnifica Interpretacion, inmejorable...