Israel Romero Ospino or popularly known as "El Pollo Isra" (Born in Villanueva

Villanueva, La Guajira

Villanueva is a town and municipality located in the northern Department of La Guajira, Colombia. Villanueva is known in Colombia for being the cradle of many vallenato singers and composers...

, La Guajira

Department of La Guajira

La Guajira is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of its namesake peninsula, the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, facing the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela in the northern most part of South America...

 in 1954) is a Colombia

Colombia

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n vallenato

Vallenato

Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...

 musician, composer and accordionist. Romero was along Rafael Orozco Maestre

Rafael Orozco Maestre

Rafael Orozco Maestre, was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian popular folk music and lead singer and owner, along fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, very popular in Colombia, Mexico and...

 the founder of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América

Binomio de Oro de América

Binomio de Oro de América is a vallenato musical group from Colombia. It was founded by lead singer Rafael Orozco and accordionist Israel Romero in the Caribbean Region of Colombia on June 16, 1976...

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Discography

From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist of the "Fiesta Vallenata" compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco.

• 1977 - Binomio de Oro (1977 album)
• 1977 - Por lo Alto
• 1978 - Enamorado como Siempre
• 1978 - Los Elegidos (album)
• 1979 - Super Vallenato
• 1980 - Clase Aparte (album)
• 1980 - De Cache
• 1981 - 5 Años de Oro
• 1982 - Festival Vallenato (album)
• 1983 - Fuera de Serie (album)
• 1983 - Mucha Calidad (album)
• 1984 - Somos Vallenato
• 1985 - Superior (vallenato album)
• 1986 - Binomio de Oro (1986 album)
• 1987 - En Concierto (vallenato album)
• 1988 - Internacional (vallenato album)
• 1989 - De Exportación
• 1990 - De Fiesta con el Binomio
• 1991 - Por Siempre (vallenato album)
• 1991 - De América

Singer Gabriel "El Gaby" García replaced Orozco

• 1993 - Todo Corazón (album)
• 1994 - De la Mano con el Pueblo
• 1995 - Lo Nuestro (vallenato album)

Jean Carlos Centeno

Jean Carlos Centeno

Jean Carlos Centeno is Colombian-Venezuelan singer and composer of vallenato, bolero and salsa. Centeno gained fame as singer and composer for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America. On December 31, 2005 Centeno left the Binomio de Oro to pursue his own vallenato group along accordionist...

 and Jorge Celedon

Jorge Celedón

Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre...

 became lead singers

• 1996 - A su Gusto
• 1997 - Seguimos por lo Alto
• 1998 - 2000 (vallenato album)
• 1999 - Más cerca de tí

In 1999 singer Jorge Celedon quits the group, replaced by Junior Santiago.

• 2000 - Difícil de Igualar
• 2001 - Haciendo Historia
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• 2003 - Que Viva el Vallenato
• 2004 - En todo su Esplendor
• 2005 - Grafiti de Amor
• 2006 - Impredecible (album)