Hugo Blanco
Born
September 25, 1940 Caracas, Venezuela

Hugo Blanco was born in Caracas, September 25, 1940, is a popular Venezuelan musician, well-known as the author of Moliendo Café, and other songs, like El Burrito Sabanero, Leche Condensada, Luces de Caracas, Sierra Nevada, Mañanita Zuliana, etc. Moliéndo Café was written in 1958, when Hugo Blanco was only 18 years old, and has become one of the most recognized Venezuelan songs in all the world. Image File history File links Hugo_Blanco_2. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... City motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... City motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hugo Blanco only had two months of musical education. His first cuatro was bought when he was 15 years old, and he learned to play it listening to the radio. Blanco created a new Venezuelan music style called the Orquídea in honor of the Venezuelan national flower. This Orquídea was a fusion of the Cuban music, and the joropo. In the 1960s, he composed many gaitas to Simón Díaz. These gaitas were very popular in that decade. They were called Gaita de las Locas. In that decade too, Blanco founded the first Venezuelan Ska group, called Las Cuatro Monedas. The name cuatro can refer to any of several Latin American instruments of the guitar or lute family. ... Venezuelan Joropo. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Simón Díaz (1928- ). Celebrated singer and composer of Venezuelan music, whose work is regarded as one of the most important legacies for both Venezuelan and Latin American popular music. ... Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began as early as the 1930s. ...

In the 1970s, Joselo Díaz, brother of Simón Díaz, recorded many of the Hugo Blanco gaitas. In the 1970s and 1980s, Hugo Blanco created a Venezuelan music group called Los Hijos de ña Carmen. Through his simple and fresh compositions, Hugo Blanco export his work to European countries, America and even Japan, where he had success without precedent. Simón Díaz (1928- ). Celebrated singer and composer of Venezuelan music, whose work is regarded as one of the most important legacies for both Venezuelan and Latin American popular music. ... This page is about the country United States of America. ...

Trivia

• The name of Moliendo Café in Japan was Coffe Rumba

• The first recording of Moliendo Café was made by Mario Suárez (singer)

• The Hugo Blanco song La Vecina was featured in an episode of the popular TV series Miami Vice

• Hugo Blanco produced two discs for two Japanese singers