La barca trio los tres caballeros biography
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Chamín Correa
Mexican musician (1929–2020)
Musical artist
Benjamín "Chamín" Correa (4 December 1929 – 14 January 2020) was a Mexican guitarist. He was renowned in the Spanish-speaking world for his traditional romantic music. Member of Los Tres Caballeros together with Roberto Cantoral and Leonel Gálvez from 1954. In 1957 they gained 4 golden discs for being the trio of major success on a global scale.[3] He died in Cuernavaca, Morelos at the age of 90.[2]
Career
[edit]He was only 5 years old when his father Don Manuel Escamilla, director of the Fine Arts Symphony, introduced him to the beautiful world of the guitar. Later he took classical guitar lessons with his maternal grandfather Judge Enrique Pérez de León.[4]
Chicago Tribune: "Chamin Correa Perez de León learned classical guitar when he was kneehigh from his grandfather and by the time he was 11 he was plugged in and gigging all over Mexico City."[5]
His career spans ov
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Roberto Cantoral
Mexican composer, singer, musician
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cantoral and the second or maternal family name is Garcia.
Musical artist
Roberto Cantoral García (7 June 1935 – 7 August 2010) was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter.[4] He was known for composing a string of hit Mexican songs, including "El Triste", "Al Final", "La Barca" and "El Reloj"[4][5] The Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México (English: Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico) estimated that "La Barca" and "El Reloj" have been recorded over 1,000 times by other artists like Plácido Domingo, Gualberto Castro, José José, Luis Miguel, Joan Báez and Linda Ronstadt.[6][7][8][9] In 2009, he won the Latin Grammy Trustees Award.[8][10][11]Iconos, which was released by Marc Anthony in 2010, featured "El Triste".[5]