Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1964
- Works
- 29
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1911-08-31
- Active to
- 1971-12-31
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Discography
- La pachanga1963
- Quindembo / Afro Magic1963
- Primitivo1965
- Los guapos en Cuba2024
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- 27,319
- Total plays
- 147,010
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Ignacio de Loyola Rodríguez Scull, known as Arsenio Rodríguez* (August 30, 1911 - December 31, 1971) was a Cuban musician who developed the son montuno. He was a prolific composer and wrote nearly two hundred songs. He was born in Güira de Macurijes in the province of Matanzas. As a young child, Rodríguez was blinded when a horse (or possibly a mule) kicked him in the head. Later, he became a musician, and eventually became one of the most renowned bandleaders on the island earning him the nic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rodríguez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Matanzas
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- son montuno
- Instrument
- tres
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- Conjunto de Arsenio Rodríguez.JPG
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- place of burial
- Ferncliff Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1911-08-31
- date of death
- 1970-12-30
- medical condition
- blindness
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Arsenio Rodriguez
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
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