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FéLix Reina
FéLix Reina is credited on 362 releases across 105 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
362
Pressings credited
105
Albums
8
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
Félix Rafael Herrera Altuna (May 21, 1921 – February 10, 1998), better known as Félix Reina, was a Cuban violinist, arranger, music director and composer. Since the mid-1940s, he was a member of many popular charangas, including Arcaño y sus Maravillas, Orquesta América and Fajardo y sus Estrellas. In 1959, after Fajardo went into exile, he became the leader of his orchestra, the Estrellas Cubanas, which he directed until his death. A prolific composer, his most performed danzones include "Angoa", "Los jóvenes del silencio" and "El niche". In the 1950s, he primarily wrote chachachás and his bolero "Si te contara" became a standard of the genre.
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Credited work
362 releases · 105 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 404
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Estudios EGREM · Livingston Studios · RCA Studios, New York · Estudios Areito
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Tito Rodriguez
- Sonora Santanera
- Los Machucambos
- Las Estrellas Areito De Cuba
- Rubén González
- Cortijo Y Su Combo
- Orquesta América
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