Gustavo Adolfo Palma

Gustavo Adolfo Palma (born August 31, 1920 in Jutiapa , Guatemala , † December 1, 2009 in Guatemala City ) was a popular tenor from Guatemala, who was also called "The Tenor of Central America " at the height of his career .

Life

Palma was born to Cecilio Palma y Palma and Piedad Recinos. When he was 7 years old, the family moved to Guatemala City, where Palma went to school.

At the age of 14 he appeared as a singer in the 'April' theater in programs put together by Guillermo Anleu. He made his radio debut in 1936 and was on the radio program of the station TGN, owned by Miguel Angel Mejicanos, every week. At the age of 17, Palma appeared on the station TGW (The Voice of Guatemala) and the following year, 1938, he was contracted for 4 years by the national tobacco industry to sing exclusively for TGW every Saturday afternoon.

At the age of 19 he received singing lessons from Martha Bolanos de Prado, a well-known singing teacher at the time.

In October 1944, at the age of 24, he won the 'Reise nach Mexico ' competition and was honored by the Mexican singer Pedro Vargas. Thereupon Palma became a radio singer of the Mexican broadcaster NEW ('Voice of Latin America'). There he sang with Jorge Negrete and was accompanied by well-known radio orchestras.

Although the contract in Mexico was originally supposed to run for only one month, Gustavo Palma was signed as an exclusive artist for 10 months due to his success with the public and made recordings with Columbia Records and Musart.

Palma continued his career in Guatemala, where he sang with Pedro Infante in 1947 . In 1955 he starred in the film "The Black Christ" by Raul Martinez and Rosa Carmina, which was shot in Guatemala by Spanish producer Jose Baviera.

Later, in 1956, he was voted the most popular singer in a competition organized by the Mundo Libre (Free World) newspaper . In 1964 he took part in the Central American Song Festival in El Salvador , where he won a prize with Marco Tulio Cordon's song This night my love . In October 1970 he was the guest of honor at the first Central American and Caribbean Song Festival in Panama, which was organized by the Rigual brothers together with the government. He sang his own composition Mit Dir and was accompanied by an orchestra under the direction of Jorge Sarmiento. At this festival he also sang with Pedro Vargas.

His last record was Yesterday, Today and Always and came out in 1971 under the name Palma . In 1982, at the age of 62, Palma took part in the Broadway 82 Festival , which took place in the National Theater. There also had Ricardo Arjona with who was at that time not yet known internationally early in his career and.

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SURNAME	Palma, Gustavo Adolfo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	The tenor of Central America
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Guatemalan tenor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jutiapa , Guatemala
DATE OF DEATH	December 1, 2009
Place of death	Guatemala City