Rafa Galindo

Rafael Ernesto Galindo Oramas ( Rafa Galindo ; born October 24, 1921 in La Victoria , † May 25, 2010 in Caracas ), known as El trovador de la radio , was a Venezuelan singer.

Galindo began his musical career in 1936 and had initial success with songs by Aldemaro Romero , Billo Frómeta , Chucho Sanoja , Ángel Briceño , Guillermo Castillo Bustamante and Renato Capriles . He became a member of the Trío Antillano and a little later of the Orquesta de los Hermanos Rivas . At eighteen he joined the Orquesta Venezuelan Boys , and seven years later he received a contract from the Billo Caracas Boys , with whom he worked until 1946.

He then performed in Colombia at the La Reina nightclub and for a short time in Panama, and on his return to Venezuela he joined the orchestra of Luis Alfonzo Larrain . He also worked with musicians such as Graciela Naranjo and Manolo Monterrey . He then returned to Billo Frómeta and founded the Sans Souci Orchestra with Víctor Pérez in 1960 . In 1963 Renato Capriles brought him to his orchestra Los Melódicos , where he performed with Emilita Dago , Rafa Pérez and Manolo Monterrey.

In 1964 the Los Melódicos Orchestra released an album with arrangements by Gilberto Martínez and Stelio Bosch Cabrujas for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Galindo and Monterrey . He later toured Venezuela for eight years with Pérez and a seven-man dance orchestra. Then he participated in the founding of the La Tremenda orchestra with the Colombian singer Doris Salas . In the 1980s he took part as a soloist in several Bolero festivals.

Galindo played with appearances on the stations La voz de Philco , Radio Continente , Radio Caracas radio , Estudios Universo , Radio mía , La voz de la esfera and Radiodifusora Venezuela in programs such as La Caravana York , La Caravana Camel , Variedades Esso and La Canción Palmolive played a significant role in the history of Venezuelan radio as El trovador de la radio .

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SURNAME	Galindo, Rafa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Galindo Oramas, Rafael Ernesto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Venezuelan singer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	La Victoria (Venezuela)
DATE OF DEATH	May 25, 2010
Place of death	Caracas