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José Barros
real name José Benito Barros Palomino
José Barros is credited on 358 albums across 1,288 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
358
Albums
1,288
Pressings
8
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
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Famous Colombian composer José Benito Barros Palomino (21 Mar. 1915 - 12 May 2007), he wrote more than 800 songs (various styles: cumbia, merengue, porro, boleros), incl. the famous cumbia La Piragua.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
358 albums · 1,288 pressings · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 1,612
- Other credits · 11
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Ingesón · Estudios "Luis Uribe Bueno" · Estudio Codiscos · Real World Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billo's Caracas Boys
- Carmen Rivero Y Su Conjunto
- Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros
- La Sonora Matancera
- Los Black Stars
- Los Machucambos
- Los Diplomáticos
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