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Biography

Carlos Vives was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, in 1961, where he spent his first 12 years of life. At that age, he and his family moved to Bogotá in search of a better life. There he acquired a taste for rock, and started playing in bars and cafés in the city, but quite never forgetting his Caribbean roots. At the same time, he simultaneously pursued an acting career, being remember in Colombia for the soap opera Gallito Ramírez (which told the story of a Colombian Caribbean coast boxer who falls in love with an uptight girl, who was portrayed by his first wife, Margarita Rosa de Francisco). The city of Santa Marta Santa Marta (named for the Biblical Martha) was the first city to be founded in Colombia and South America. ... Magdalena is a department of Colombia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

In 1989, he was offered an acting job in Puerto Rico, and upon moving, he took a break in his music career. There, he is remember for his leading roles in the soaps La Otra and Aventurera. There he married Hermelinda Gómez, his second wife (now separated). 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Upon his return to Colombia in 1991, he was offered a TV role that would change his life forever. He was cast in the leading role of a fantasy series based in the life of Vallenato composer Rafael Escalona called, not surprisingly, Escalona. He sang the composer's songs in the series, and that's when he retools his career towards vallenato and its fusion with rock, pop and other Caribbean Colombian ethnic rythms, which scandalized Vallenato purists. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vallenato is, along with cumbia, the most popular folk music of the Colombian Atlantic coast, which is played mainly with percussion and accordion. ...

In 1993, he released his "Clásicos de la Provincia", which became a timeless classic in Colombian and Latin American music, projecting Vallenato to the continental and worldwide scenario.

He followed his success with the not-as-successful but equally high quality releases "La Tierra del Olvido" (1995), "Tengo Fe" (1997), "El Amor de mi Tierra" (1999), "Déjame Entrar" (2001) and "El Rock de mi Pueblo" (2004), which has the largest fusion component of all his albums.

He's now in a relationship with former beauty pageant queen Claudia Elena Vásquez, and has 2 children from his marriage with Hermelinda Gómez.

He spends his time between Miami and Colombia, mainly Santa Marta and Bogotá.

Discography

Ballads period

• Por Fuera y Por Dentro (1986)
• No Podrás Escapar de Mí (1987)
• Al Centro de la Cuidad (1989)

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Vallenato/ethnic fusion period

• Escalona (1991)
• Escalona, Vol. II (1992)
• Clasicos de la Provincia (1993)
• La Tierra del Olvido (1995)
• Tengo Fé (1997)
• El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999)
• Déjame Entrar (2001)
• El Rock de Mi Pueblo(2004)

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External links

• Official site (in Spanish)