He was an exceptional singer- songwriter and was called (The Moustache that Sings). He was part of the famous orchestras Riverside, Los Hermanos Castro, El Conjunto Caney and the Septeto Nacional. He joined the Conjunto Sonora Matancera in December 1944 and recorded more than 210 songs with it. He became the highest range singer in the orchestra. He died in Mexico on July 9th, 1983. Thousands of his followers were in his funeral and burial, they were singing songs that gave him glory and success.

Conjunto Sonora Matancera

It is a Cuban musical group founded in Matanzas in 1924, named La Tuna Liberal. Years later it moved to Habana with the name of Estudiantina Sonora Matancera. It made several presentations with that name at the radio station El Progreso Cubano, later known as Radio Progreso. It was one of the first groups presented on television when it appeared in Cuba at the beginning of the fifties.