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El Carrao de Palmarito

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El Carrao de Palmarito
Birth nameJuan de los Santos Contreras
Also known asEl Carrao de Palmarito
Clarín de la Llanura
Born(1928-04-07)April 7, 1928
Palmarito (Apure), Apure state, Venezuela
DiedDecember 10, 2002(2002-12-10) (aged 74)
Barinas, Barinas state, Venezuela
GenresJoropo
Occupation(s)musician, singer, composer
LabelsVelvet
Discomoda
Cahilapo

Juan de los Santos Contreras; April 7, 1928 – December 10, 2002), was a Venezuelan singer. He was a llanero, specialising in the music of the Orinoco floodplains. He was better known by his stage name El Carrao de Palmarito which identifies him as the "limpkin" (a bird with a piercing call; Spanish: Carrao, Latin: Aramus guarauna) of Palmarito, his hometown.[citation needed]

He became well known in the 1950s, making radio broadcasts and releasing his first disc on the Velvet label.[1] His most famous songs include the duet Florentino y el Diablo (based on the poema by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba), Aquella mujer que amé, Furia, Chaparralito llanero, Cajón del Arauca apureño, Llanura yo soy tu hijo, Plegaria llanera, Travesía de San Camilo, Faenas del llano, Dulce María, Mis retoños, El morrocoy de doña Carmen, Caminito de Arichuna, Recorriendo a Barinas, Los martirios del Carrao, El sueño de Julio Verne, Villavicencio.[1] Contreras received many awards, including Venezuela's National Prize of Popular Culture in 1998.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Musicallanera.net. "Juan de los Santos Contreras 'El carrao de Palmarito'". Retrieved April 20, 2008. (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Iglesias, Iris (April 7, 2018). "EFEMÉRIDES | Hace 90 años nació el Carrao de Palmarito". MippCI (in Spanish). Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Un 7 de abril de 1928 nació el Carrao de Palmarito". elsiglocomve (in Spanish). April 7, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2024.