Cheíto González

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José Pablo González Maldonado (born January 21, 1935 in Arecibo , † December 10, 1962 in Chicago ), known as Cheíto González , el jilguero arecibeño, was a Puerto Rican singer, guitarist and composer .

Life

González learned to play the guitar autodidactically at the age of eight, with the support of Evangelista Colón, a well-known musician in his home region. In 1947 he won first prize as a singer in Nabal Barreto's Aficionados arecibeños competition at the WVKM broadcaster . In the following years he had other appearances on the radio and at other events, with Pepito Lacomba accompanying him regularly on the guitar or piano. 1949-50 he also appeared with Áurea Esther Vázquez as Dúo Souvenir and with Ángel Robles and Ángel Serrano as Trío América .

In 1950 he went to New York and became a member of Papi Andinos Trío Miramar . A little later his first single appeared with the bolero Egoísmo by Jimmy Montañez. With Rey Arroyo and Johnny Félix he then formed the Trío Santurce , was 1952–53 successor to Paquitín Soto in the Trío Los Murcianos of the brothers Máximo Torres | Máximo and Gelín Torres and 1953–54 a member of the trio of Johnny Rodríguez (singer) Johnny Rodríguez. The latter made recordings of his compositions such as Chubasco , Dos traiciones , Que te perdone Dios and Yo no soy feliz .

In 1954 González founded his own group, the Trío Casino de Santurce , to which Pablito Delgado and Jesús González belonged in the first lineup. With this formation he recorded five albums on the Riney label of Dominican singer Ney Rivera. At the invitation of the presenter Gilbert Mamery, he returned to Puerto Rico in 1955 for some performances at the Teatro San José in Mayagüez. With Jesús González, Rafael Díaz and Pepe López recordings of the Boleros Cristal (by Marianito Mores) Infiel (by Rafael Gastón Pérez) and Nuestra historia , for recordings of Tiempo perdido (by Gilbert Mamery) and La mona came Miguelito Alcaide and Gilberto Díaz added.

González founded a new version of his Trío Casino de Santurce in 1956 with Raúl Balseiro, Pedrito Beríos and Rafael Scharrón. Accompanied by this group, he also performed as Dúo de Estrellas with his wife Nydia Souffront . In 1958 he went to Mexico and joined the RCA Victor-based group Los Tres Reyes of the twins Gilberto Puente | Gilberto and Raúl Puente. With this trio he recorded an album that is considered to be classic with the titles Allá tú and Ya no estás (by Álvaro Carrillo), Elespejo (by Héctor Flores Osuna), El último minuto (by Federico Baena), Escríbeme (by Guillermo Castillo Bustamante), Todo igual (by Alberto Videz), Un mes (by Bobby Capó) and Ya no te acuerdas de mí (by Roberto López Gali).

In 1959 González returned to his hometown Arecibo. Here he founded the third version of his Trío Casino de Santurce with Raúl Balseiro and Charlie López. With this trio he toured Puerto Rico, took part in the Fiestas Patronales and was the star guest of the Telefiesta de la tarde on WAPA TV / Canal 4 . In 1961 he returned to New York, where, despite his worsening drug addiction, the best recordings of his career were made with Ansonio Records . On December 10, 1972, he was found dead in his car near his last performance location as a result of an overdose.

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personal data
SURNAME González, Cheíto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES González Maldonado, José Pablo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican singer, guitarist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Arecibo
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1962
Place of death Chicago