Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz Explained
Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz (English: Yesterday Was Kumbia Kings, Today Is Kumbia All Starz) is the debut studio album by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia All Starz and the fifth studio album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on October 3, 2006, by EMI Latin. The fan edition was released on October 2, 2007. It has all the songs from the standard edition plus two more tracks and the music videos for "Chiquilla", "Parece Que Va a Llover", and "Speedy Gonzales".
Track listing
- Notes
- "Anoche No Dormí" is a Spanish-language cover of "Another Sleepless Night", a 1959 song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka, recorded by Sedaka, and recorded and released as a single by Jimmy Clanton in 1960
- "Mamacita Dónde Está Santa Claus" first appeared on Navidad con Amigos 2006, released on December 1, 2006, and re-released on Navidad con Amigos 2007 on November 30, 2007. The music video was released on the Navidad con Amigos DVD on September 18, 2007.
Personnel
- Kumbia All Starz
- A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, composer, producer
- Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas – vocals
- Ricardo "Ricky Rick" Ruiz Pérez – vocals
- Roque Morales Diosdado – vocals
- Memo Morales Diosdado – vocals
- Chris Pérez – guitar
- Nick Banda – keyboards
- Joey Jiménez – drums
- Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards, arranger, engineer
- "El Animal" Noe "Gipper" Nieto, Jr. – accordion
- Luigi Giraldo – keyboards, producer, arranger, engineer, A&R, vocal director
- Additional musicians
- Marcello Azevedo – guitar, percussion, programming, vocals, producer, bass
- Alberto Barros – trombone, arranger, producer
- Veve Calasans – percussion, vocals
- Manuel Calderón – A&R
- John DiPuccio – violin
- Robert "LB" Dorsey – mixing
- Sayyd Droullard – assistant
- Rafael Elvira – violin
- Scott Flavin – violin
- Orlando J. Forte – violin
- Javier Garza – mixing
- Sergio George – piano, arranger, producer, mixing
- Chris Glansdorp – cello
- Henry Gomez – vihuela
- Douglas Guevara – percussion
- Kiddo – DJ
- Dina Kostic – violin
- Isaias Leckler – Bass
- Juan Cristobal Losada – engineer
- Federico Mendez – guitar
- José Antonio Molina – arranger, string direction
- John Mydrycs – mixing
- Aquiles Priester – percussion
- Joe Reyes – guitar
- Silvio Richetto – vocals, engineer
- Reuben Rodriguez – bass
- Guillermo Sanchez – percussion, guira
- Arturo Sandoval – trumpet
- Tony Seepersad – violin
- SP & JKey – producer
- Dante Vargas – trumpet
- Robert Vilera – percussion
- Orlando Vitto – studio assistant
- Mariusz Wojtowica – violin
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| Chart (2006) | Position |
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| US Billboard Top Latin Albums | 54[4] |
| US Billboard Latin Pop Albums | 20[5] |
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| Chart (2007) | Position |
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| US Billboard Top Latin Albums | 20[6] |
| US Billboard Latin Pop Albums | 10[7] |
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Notes and References
- Web site: A.B. Quintanilla III from Kumbia Kings to Kumbia All Starz Chart History | Billboard . www.billboard.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922021753/https://www.billboard.com/music/ab-quintanilla-iii/chart-history/billboard-200/song/512892 . 22 September 2019 . dead.
- Web site: A.B. Quintanilla III from Kumbia Kings to Kumbia All Starz Chart History | Billboard . www.billboard.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922021803/https://www.billboard.com/music/ab-quintanilla-iii/chart-history/latin-albums/song/512892 . 22 September 2019 . dead.
- Web site: A.B. Quintanilla III from Kumbia Kings to Kumbia All Starz Chart History | Billboard . www.billboard.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922021814/https://www.billboard.com/music/ab-quintanilla-iii/chart-history/latin-pop-albums/song/512892 . 22 September 2019 . dead.
- Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. June 30, 2023.
- Latin Pop Albums – Year-End 2006. Billboard. June 30, 2023.
- Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. June 30, 2023.
- Latin Pop Albums – Year-End 2007. Billboard. June 30, 2023.
