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Beny Moré, El Barbaro del Ritmo born
in 1919. Did I say he was my all-time favorite Cuban singer? He is the best. His closest
living musical relative is Celia Cruz, she can still sing any other singer off the stage
in her eighties. But Beny was so smooth. This drunk pothead died in 1963 in Cuba of
cirrhosis of the liver. He's the guy yelling the cues in the Perez Prado hits. Born
Bartolo Moré. He's the master of tonality and meter. His timing defines Cuban
singing. Click some links below and groove Cuban-style circa 1950. He is a
national hero in Cuba because he sang so damn good. Got famous in Mexico. Go down
there and click. 
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