Olimpo Cárdenas Explained

Olimpo Cárdenas
Birth Name:Olimpo León Cárdenas Moreira
Alias:El Rey del Estilo
El Magaldi ecuatoriano
Birth Date:5 July 1923
Birth Place:Vinces, Ecuador
Death Place:Tuluá, Colombia
Genre:Bolero, vals, yaraví y Pasillo
Occupation:Singer
Instrument:Voice
Years Active:1941 - 1991
Label:Ifesa
Discos Victoria
Sonolux
Discos Orfeón

Olimpo León Cárdenas Moreira (July 5, 1923 - July 28, 1991) was an Ecuadorian singer.[1]

Career

He toured Colombia a great deal, giving concerts in towns that had never had a performance in their short and long histories. Almost 50 years later he is remembered as the great and "famous" singer who sang boleros at a public performance in Villavicencio, in 1959.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music. registration. Olimpo Cárdenas.. 59. Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Deborah Pacini. Temple University Press. 1995.