Pacho Galán | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Francisco Galán Blanco |
Birth Date: | 1906 10, mf=y |
Birth Place: | Soledad, Atlántico, Colombia |
Death Place: | Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia |
Instrument: | Trumpet, piano, clarinet, vocals |
Genre: | Porro, cumbia, gaita, merecumbe |
Occupation: | Musician, bandleader, composer, arranger |
Years Active: | 1934–1980 |
Pacho Galán (1906 - 1988) was a Colombian composer and band leader of several Colombian music forms. His songs include Boquita Sala, Rio Y Mar, Fiesta de Cumbia, Cumbia Alegre and Ay Cosita Linda, which became one of his most famous after Nat King Cole recorded his own rendition of the song.