Picaflor de Los Andes | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Víctor Alberto Gil Mallma |
Alias: | El Picaflor de Los Andes |
Birth Date: | 1928 |
Birth Place: | Ayacucho |
Origin: | Peru |
Death Date: | (aged 44-45) |
Death Place: | Lima |
Genre: | Huayno, Huaylas, Muliza |
Occupation: | Singer |
Past Member Of: | Flor Pucarina, Pastorita Huaracina |
Víctor Alberto Gil Mallma (April 8, 1928 in Ayacucho – July 14, 1975 in Lima), better known as Picaflor de Los Andes, was a Peruvian folk singer. In his childhood, he worked as a driver, painter, construction worker, and bricklayer. He sold approximately 80,000 copies of the single "Corazón mañoso" in 1960,[1] thereby becoming a cultural icon and obtaining the name "Picaflor de los Andes".
He died on July 14, 1975, in the district of La Oroya; there were more than 100,000 people at his burial.[2]