Wuelfo Gutiérrez

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Wuelfo Huergo Gutiérrez López (born September 23, 1942 in Santiago de Las Vegas , † May 31, 2005 in Mexico City ) was a Cuban singer.

At the end of the 1950s Gutiérrez founded the doo-wop group The Fraterns with Juan Luis Cobo , Manolito Santos and Rolando González , which appeared on José Antonio Alonso's TV show in 1958. In 1961 he emigrated to the USA, where he became a member of various music groups. His first recordings as a soloist were made with the group of the pianist Javier Vázquez , to which he belonged from 1966.

On the recommendation of Roberto Torres , who left Sonora Matancera to found his own group, Rogelio Martínez accepted him into Sonora in 1971, of which he was a member until 1976. He toured with her through the USA, Mexico and a large part of Latin America and recorded with her Sones and Guarachas by various composers, including Anacaona by Tite Curet Alonso , A Burujón Puñao by José Carbó Menéndez , Así Se Compone Un Son by Ismael Miranda , Muñeco Viajero by Carlos and Mario Rigual and El Chivo by Vinicio Gonzaléz .

After disagreements with Rogelio Martínez Gutiérrez left Sonora in 1976 and founded his own group in Mexico, which he called Sonora Las Vegas and with which he became famous as "Mister Salsa" on the radio, television and in the cabarets of Mexico. In 1989 the Puerto Rican journalist, broadcaster and producer Gilda Mirós invited all musicians still alive who were once members of the Sonora Matancera to a concert in New York. Here Gutiérrez sang the song Anacaona together with Vicentico Valdés , Yayo El Indio , Celio Gonzaléz , Nelson Pinedo , Carlos Argentino , Bobby Capó , Alberto Beltrán , Leo Marini , Albertico Pérez , Roberto Torres , Jorge Maldonado , Daniel Santos and Celia Cruz .

From 2001 Gutiérrez belonged again to the Sonora Matancera, with which he had his last appearance in Austin / Texas in 2004. This year he came to the oncological center of the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI in Mexico City because of prostate cancer , where he died of a stroke after lung complications.

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SURNAME Gutiérrez, Wuelfo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gutiérrez López, Wuelfo Huergo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Las Vegas
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2005
Place of death Mexico city