Roberto Cantoral

Biography

Roberto Cantoral García (7 June 1935 – 7 August 2010) was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter. He was known for composing a string of hit Mexican songs, including "El Triste", "Al Final", "La Barca" and "El Reloj" The Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México (English: Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico) estimated that "La Barca" and "El Reloj" have been recorded over 1,000 times by other artists like Plácido Domingo, Gualberto Castro, José José, Luis Miguel, Joan Báez and Linda Ronstadt. In 2009, he won the Latin Grammy Trustees Award. Iconos, which was released by Marc Anthony in 2010, featured "El Triste".

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Joan Baez

  1960

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  Mountain Battles

  2008

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  Toquinho

  1970

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  Cuchi-Cuchi

  1977

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  Musas (Un Homenaje Al Folclore Latinoamericano En Manos de Los Macorinos), Vol. 1

  2017

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  El Tahúr

  1979

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  Temeridad

  1976

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  Trio Los Panchos

  1970

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  Palabra De Rey

  1969

Credited work

2,127 releases · 489 albums · active 1957–2026

• Performance · 2,704
• Other credits · 62

Studios: Sigma Sound Studios · The Hit Factory · Ocean Way Recording · Impressão Digital

Frequent collaborators

• José José
• Various
• Lucho Gatica
• Mina (3)
• Vicente Fernandez
• Los Tres Caballeros
• Emmanuel
• Olga Guillot

Around the web

• Wikipedia