Old Man River (Bolero) - Damirón

Francisco Alberto Simó Damirón (San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic, 21 November 1908 - Santo Domingo 3 April 1992) was a Dominican musician who was noted for playing the piano and composition of musical pieces "Dolorita", "La Empalizá" and "La Maricutana". He was active from 1930s until 1978 and mostly associated with merengue style of music. One of the Latin artist to record with the famous Seeco label on which also Celia Cruz and La Sonora Matancera appeared.

Read more about Damirón on Last.fm.


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