Nelson Pinedo

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Napoleón Nelson Pinedo Fedullo (born February 10, 1928 in Barranquilla , † October 27, 2016 in Valencia ), known as El Almirante del Ritmo and El pollo barranquillero , was a Colombian singer .

Pinedo initially worked as an advertising and news anchor for the radio station Voz de la Patria . He toured with the orchestras of Julio Lastra and the Hermanos Rodríguez and recorded the Bolero Mucho, mucho, mucho with the latter in Maracaibo . After returning to Barranquilla, he joined the orchestra of Antonio Maria Peñaloza . With this he was engaged in Club La Casbah in Bogotá . During this time he also worked with the Don Américo y sus Caribes orchestra (with pianist Alex Tovar ).

In 1953 Pinedo traveled to Cuba via Venezuela , where he met Chucho Sanoja . There he was to replace Daniel Santos with the Sonora Matancera Orchestra for two weeks ; it turned into a five-year collaboration. In addition to the Sonora Matancera, he has recorded with orchestras such as Tito Rodríguez and Rafael Cortijos . His interpretation of José María Peñaranda's song Me voy pa'La Habana became famous .

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SURNAME Pinedo, Nelson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinedo Fedullo, Napoléon Nelson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Barranquilla
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 2016
Place of death Valencia (Venezuela)