Bobby Capo

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Bobby Capó ( Félix Manuel Rodríguez Capó ; born January 1, 1922 in Coamo ; † December 18, 1989 ) was a Puerto Rican singer and composer.

After graduating from high school, Capó went to San Juan, where he appeared in the program of Rafael Quiñones Vidal and was part of the Davilita quartet . After the quartet dissolved, New York became his home. In the 1940s he was known in Cuba, but soon throughout the Hispanic world.

He was a member of Xavier Cougat's orchestra , but he had international success with solo recordings such as Piel canela , El negro bembón , El bardo , Luna de miel en Puerto Rico , Sin fe , Triángulo , María Luisa , Soñando con Puerto Rico and Despierta borincano . Llorando me dormi is considered to be the first ballad composed by a Puerto Rican. His composition Jacqueline, dedicated to Jackie Kennedy , was written in the 1960s. In the 1970s, Capó gave up his musical career and worked first in the Puerto Rico Department of the Labor's Division of Migration in New York, and later with the Junta de Libertad Bajo Palabra (JLBP), a probation agency of the Puerto Rican government. His son Bobby Capó Jr. and his grandson Pedro Capó were also known as musicians.

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