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Bebo Valdés Fast Facts
Birthday
*** ,1918
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Death day
March 22, 2013 (94 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Celebrities born on October 9
Born in 1918
Born in Quivican, Cuba
Libra named Bebo
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First name Bebo
Bebo Valdés
Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, conductor, composer and composer. He was a central figure in the heyday of Cuban music, especially thanks to his large band arrangement and mambo, chachachá and batanga compositions, a genre he created in 1952. was the director of the club's home band Radio Mil Diez and the club's Tropicana Orchestra, before forming his own large band, Orquesta Sabor de Cuba, in 1957. However, after the Cuban Revolution ended in 1960, Bebo left his family and lived in exile in Mexico before settling down in Sweden, where he remarried. His musical hiatus lasted until 1994, when a collaboration with Paquito D'Rivera brought him back to the musical world. Before his death in 2013, he recorded several new albums, winning several Grammy Awards. His son, Chucho Valdés is also a successful pianist and musician.
Birth nameDionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro
BornOctober 9, 1918, Quivicán, Cuba
OriginHavana, Cuba
DiedMarch 22, 2013, Stockholm, Sweden
GenresAfro-Cuban jazz, batanga, mambo, son cubano, bolero, guaracha
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader, composer, arranger
InstrumentsPiano
LabelsMercury, Decca, Panart, Gema, Blue Note, BMG
Associated actsJulio Cueva, Orquesta Sabor de Cuba, Paquito D'Rivera, Diego El Cigala

About Bebo Valdés

Pianist Bebo Valdés was born in Quivican, Cuba on October 9, 1918. He dies at the age of 94, on March 22, 2013.

In the golden age of Cuban music, he was a pivotal influence in the development of mambo and Latin jazz. He incorporated religious Afro-Cuban rhythms into dance music.

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Bebo Valdés before becoming famous

Bebo Valdés was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1918 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

During the 1940s, he honed his skills at Havana's nightclubs, where he became a regular.

Achievement of Bebo Valdés

He was the leader of two well-known big bands and one of the house arrangers at the Tropicana Club.

Bebo Valdés's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

By his first wife Pilar, he had five children, including future pianist Chucho Valdés.

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Bebo Valdés Collabed with

During the later half of the 1950s, he recorded with Jazz Singer Nat King Cole.

Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965) (Jazz Singer)
Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965)

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Bebo Valdés Income & Net worth

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Bebo Valdés Height and Weight

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Latest information about Bebo Valdés updated on March 23 2023.