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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1926-12-30
- Active to
- 2016-02-23
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Reinaldo Hierrezuelo la O (30 December 1926 – 23 February 2016), known professionally as Rey Caney, was a Cuban singer, guitarist and tresero. Born in Santiago de Cuba, he led Cuarteto Patría for some time; this famous group is now led by Eliades Ochoa. In the middle 1950s, he took over Compay Segundo's place in the duo Los Compadres, the other partner being his elder brother Lorenzo Hierrezuelo. He and his brother sang together for thirty years. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rey+Caney">Rea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Reinaldo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Santiago de Cuba Province
- Place of death
- Havana
- Sibling
- Lorenzo Hierrezuelo
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- guaracha
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1926-12-30
- date of death
- 2016-02-23
- pseudonym
- Rey Caney
- birth name
- Reinaldo Hierrezuelo La O
- partner in business or sport
- Lorenzo Hierrezuelo
- member of
- Los Compadres
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