Rafael Orozco Maestre
Rafael José Orozco Maestre (March 24, 1954 – June 11, 1992) was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of Colombian popular folk music and was lead singer and co-founder, alongside fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, which was very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rafael José Orozco Maestre |
| Born | March 24, 1954 |
| Origin | Becerril, Cesar Colombia |
| Died | June 11, 1992 (aged 38) |
| Genres | Vallenato, Latin |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Years active | 1976–1992 |
| Labels | Codiscos |
| Associated acts | Diomedes Díaz, Los Hermanos Zuleta, Jorge Oñate |
Orozco was born in Becerril, Cesar. He was assassinated by gunmen in front of his house in Barranquilla, Atlántico, during his daughter's 15th birthday party. It is believed the assassins were hired by a drug lord whose wife or girlfriend was obsessed with Orozco. It has been alleged that Orozco had a sentimental relationship with a young woman named Maria Angelica Navarro Ogliasti, identified as the girlfriend of Medellin Cartel hitman Jose Reinaldo Fiallo, who was himself murdered on November 1992 on orders of Pablo Escobar.[1]
Discography
From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist on different compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco.
- 1977 - Binomio de Oro (1977 album)
- 1977 - Por lo Alto
- 1978 - Enamorado como Siempre
- 1978 - Los Elegidos (album)
- 1979 - Super Vallenato
- 1980 - Clase Aparte (album)
- 1980 - De Cache
- 1981 - 5 Años de Oro
- 1982 - Festival Vallenato (album)
- 1982 - Fuera de Serie (album)
- 1983 - Mucha Calidad (album)
- 1984 - Somos Vallenato
- 1985 - Superior (vallenato album)
- 1986 - Binomio de Oro (1986 album)
- 1987 - En Concierto (vallenato album)
- 1988 - Internacional (vallenato album)
- 1989 - De Exportación
- 1990 - De Fiesta con el Binomio
- 1991 - Por Siempre (vallenato album)
- 1991 - De América
Telenovela
In 2014, Caracol TV, the largest Colombian television station, started airing a telenovela titled Rafael Orozco, el ídolo, about the life of Rafael Orozco Maestre.[2]
References
- "Ya son 20 años de la muerte de Rafael Orozco" (in Spanish).
- Rafael Orozco, El Ídolo (in Spanish)