Hugo Blanco
Encyclopedia
Hugo Blanco is a popular Venezuela
n musician
. He is best known as the author of "Moliendo Café
" and other songs like "El Burrito de Belén" (also known as "El Burrito Sabanero"), "Leche Condensada", "Luces de Caracas", "Sierra Nevada", "Mañanita Zuliana", and others. "Moliendo Café", written in 1958 when Hugo Blanco was only 18 years old, has become one of the most recognized Venezuela
n songs in all the world.
, received only two months of musical education. His first cuatro
was bought when he was fifteen years old, and learned to play it listening to the radio. Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style called the Orquídea in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. This Orquídea was a fusion of the Cuban music and the joropo
. In the 1960s, composed many gaita
s along with Simón Díaz
. These gaitas were very popular in that decade. They were called Gaita de las Locas. In that decade too, Blanco founded the first Venezuelan ska
group, Las Cuatro Monedas.
In the 1970s, Joselo Díaz, brother of Simón Díaz, recorded many of the Hugo Blanco gaitas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hugo Blanco created a Venezuelan music group called Los Hijos de ña Carmen. Through his simple and fresh compositions, Hugo Blanco exported his work to European countries, America
and even Japan
, where he had success without precedent.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He is best known as the author of "Moliendo Café
Moliendo Café
"Moliendo Café" is a song by Venezuelan composer Hugo Blanco. It was composed in 1958, when Blanco was 18 years old. Blanco's version hit #1 in Argentina and Japan in 1961.The story goes that Blanco's uncle, Jose Manzo Perroni, helped him compose it...
" and other songs like "El Burrito de Belén" (also known as "El Burrito Sabanero"), "Leche Condensada", "Luces de Caracas", "Sierra Nevada", "Mañanita Zuliana", and others. "Moliendo Café", written in 1958 when Hugo Blanco was only 18 years old, has become one of the most recognized Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n songs in all the world.
Biography
Blanco was born in CaracasCaracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, received only two months of musical education. His first cuatro
Cuatro (instrument)
The cuatro is any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. The cuatro is smaller than a guitar. Cuatro means four in Spanish, although current instruments may have more than four strings....
was bought when he was fifteen years old, and learned to play it listening to the radio. Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style called the Orquídea in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. This Orquídea was a fusion of the Cuban music and the joropo
Joropo
The Joropo is a musical style resembling the waltz, and an accompanying dance, having African and European influences originated in Venezuela and performed in Colombia and Venezuela. It's a fundamental genre belonging to its typical music or música criolla...
. In the 1960s, composed many gaita
Gaita (music style)
Gaita is a style of Venezuelan folk music from Maracaibo in Zulia State. According to Joan Corominas, it may come from gaits, the Gothic word for "goat", which is the skin generally used for the membrane of the furro instrument. Other instruments used in gaita include maracas, cuatro, charrasca and...
s along with Simón Díaz
Simón Díaz
Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez is a singer and Grammy Award winning composer of Venezuelan music.- Career :Díaz has endeavored to recover the folklore and musical traditions of the llanos, the Venezuelan plains...
. These gaitas were very popular in that decade. They were called Gaita de las Locas. In that decade too, Blanco founded the first Venezuelan ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
group, Las Cuatro Monedas.
In the 1970s, Joselo Díaz, brother of Simón Díaz, recorded many of the Hugo Blanco gaitas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hugo Blanco created a Venezuelan music group called Los Hijos de ña Carmen. Through his simple and fresh compositions, Hugo Blanco exported his work to European countries, America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and even Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, where he had success without precedent.
Trivia
- Hugo Blanco's song La Vecina was featured in an episode of the popular TV series Miami ViceMiami ViceMiami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
. - Hugo Blanco produced two discs for two Japanese singers.
- "Moliendo Café" became a popular chant by football fans around the world. The chant is widely known as Dale Cavese and has the same tune as the song.
Discography
- Tropicana, Fiesta Record Company, New York, FLP 1451/Polydor (Germany) 1964
- El Nuevo Ritmo Moliendo Cafe
- El Nuevo Ritmo Orquídea
- Hugo Blanco
- 1° Premio del Festival Universitario de Música: "La India Tibaire"
- Percusión
- Balada del Bombardino
- Selección Navideña
- Me Gusta
- Más Ritmo!!
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°2
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°3 "La Chispita"
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°4
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°5
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°6
- Superbailables con Hugo Blanco N°7
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°8
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°9: "Agua Fresca"
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°10
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°11
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°12
- Bailables con Hugo Blanco N°13
- Sierra Nevada
- Arpa Brava
- La Música de Hugo Blanco
- En Trinidad
- La Rondallita
- Lo Mejor de Hugo Blanco y su Arpa Viajera
- La Parranda de Hugo Blanco
- De Fiesta...
- Tania con Hugo Blanco
- El Poder de Hugo Blanco
- El Sabor de Hugo Blanco
- Los Hijos de Ña Carmen
- Arpa Navideña
- Festival Tropical
- El Rapidito
With Simón Díaz
- Lila + Hugo + Simón
- Ya Llegó........Simón
- De Parranda con...
- Criollo y Sabroso
- Gaitas y Parrandas con....
- Gaita 70
- Gaita 71
- En Salsa
- La Gaita de las Cuñas
- Las Gaitas de Simón
- Culpable?
- Cuñas, Locas, Borrachitos
- Las Gaitas de Simón 5
- Las Gaitas de Simón 6
With Joselo Díaz
- Las Gaitas de Joselo
- Yo, soy el Rey!
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Brujo"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Barbero"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de Joselito"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita del Presidente"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de los Portugueses"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo con Danielita
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita de los Artistas"
- Las Gaitas de Joselo "La Gaita Gallega"
Compilations
- La Rondallita / El Burrito de Belen
- La Historia
- Nueva Rondallita
- La Historia
- Sus Grandes Éxitos
- Bailables de Oro
- Colección de Éxitos
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.2
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.3
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.4
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.5
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.6
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.7
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.8
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.9
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.10
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.11
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.12
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.13
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.14
- Colección de Éxitos Vol.15
- Lo Mejor de las Mariposas
- Caracha Negro with Simón Díaz