Luisín Landáez

Luis Felipe Landáez Requena (born August 17, 1931 in Higuerote , † November 16, 2008 in Peñalolén ), known by his stage name Luisín Landáez , was a Venezuelan-Chilean singer and was considered the king of the Cumbia ( el rey de la cumbia ).

Landáez grew up in Caracas and worked in his family's mechanical workshop. He also devoted himself to music, won several radio competitions and began a professional musical career at the age of 21. He sang with Billo Frómetas Caracas Boys and the orchestra of Luis Alfonzo Larrain and appeared in the late 1950s with stars such as Benny Moré , Agustín Lara , Tito Puente and Nat King Cole .

From 1960 he toured Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, where he settled in 1962. He worked with musicians such as Palmenia Pizarro , Ginette Acevedo and Óscar Arriagada and became one of the most successful and influential exponents of Creole music and one of those responsible for the success of the cumbia in Chile. Titles like La Piragus and Macondo became famous .

Landáez left the country after the 1973 military coup in Chile. Only after the restoration of democracy in 1990 did he return there and was active as a musician until 2004. He died in 2008 of complications from diabetes.

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SURNAME	Landáez, Luisín
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Landáez Requena, Luis Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Venezuelan-Chilean singer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Higuerote
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 2008
Place of death	Peñalolén