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Rafael Hernández

real name Rafael Hernández Marín

Rafael Hernández is credited on 1,327 albums across 5,046 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,327

Albums

5,046

Pressings

8

Decades active

49

In collections

Biography

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Puerto Rican composer (1896 - December 11th, 1965). Rafael Hernández Marín started playing trombone, and later violin, trumpet, contrabass and guitar. In 1919 he moved to Havana where he played on some orchestras. He also worked in USA and Mexico (left New York for Mexico in 1937). He composed such famous tracks as "Capullito de Alhelí", "Preciosa", "Lamento Borincano" and "El Cumbanchero".
Although often credited with the same name, this is not the same artist as Rafael Hernandez, from Cuba.

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Credited work

1,327 albums · 5,046 pressings · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 6,274
  • Other credits · 75

Studios: Ochoa Recording Studios · Estudios EGREM · Latin Sound Studios · Good Vibrations Sound Studios

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