Carlos Rubira Infante
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September 16, 1923
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| Born | Carlos Aurelio Rubira Infante September 16, 1923 |
| Died | September 14, 2018 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Voice |
Carlos Aurelio Rubira Infante (16 September 1921 – 14 September 2018) was an Ecuadorian singer and songwriter of pasillo and pasacalle music.[1]
He began performing his songs on the radio station El Telégrafo for a program called "La hora agrícola". He then formed the group "Vera Santos-Rubira".
He also formed the group "Los Porteños" with the singer Olimpo Cardenas. Until then Cardenas had been a tango singer but asked Rubira to teach him to sing pasillo music. He also influenced the singers Fresia Saavedra, Pepe and Julio Jaramillo, among others. As teenagers, he and Julio Jaramillo once worked together at a shoe store, and after work he would invite Jaramillo over to teach him some songs. His friends Olimpo Cardenas and Julio Jaramillo went on to international fame singing the type of music Rubira taught them.
