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Compay Segundo, born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz on November 18, 1907, was a Cuban composer, singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He began his work period in 1922 and performed in the trova genre. His voice type was bass, and he played the guitar and voice. He was a member of Los Compadres and had business partners Rey Caney and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo.
He died on July 14, 2003, in Havana from kidney failure due to natural causes. He was born in Santiago de Cuba, though one record lists Siboney, Cuba. He is buried at Santa Ifigenia Cemetery. He spoke Spanish and was male. His name in his native language was Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz.
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Film & TV
Siboney, Cuba
Known for
- Compay Segundo: Live At L'olympia - Paris — Self2001
- Buena Vista Social Club — Self1999
- Las claves de Compay Segundo — Interviewee1999
- Show Palast — Self1999
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Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (November 18, 1907 – July 13, 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always second voice in his musical partnerships, was born in Siboney, Cuba, and moved to Santiago de Cuba at the age of nine. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Co
Key facts
- Born
- Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles , ( 1907-11-18 ) 18 November 1907, Siboney , Cuba
- Died
- 13 July 2003 (2003-07-13) (aged 95), Havana , Cuba
- Genres
- Trova
- Occupations
- Singer, guitarist, composer
- Instruments
- Guitar, tres , armónico
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francisco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of death
- Havana
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- trova
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Cropped image of Compay.jpg
- Voice type
- bass
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- Commons category
- Compay Segundo
- date of birth
- 1907-11-18
- date of death
- 2003-07-13
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Compay Segundo
- name in native language
- Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz
- place of burial
- Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Lorenzo Hierrezuelo
- member of
- Los Compadres
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Encyclopedic overview
Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Compay Segundo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.