Eliseo Herrera
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14 June 1925
Eliseo Herrera | |
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| Born | Eliseo Herrera Junco 14 June 1925 Cartagena, Colombia |
| Died | 5 March 2016 (aged 90) Cartagena, Colombia |
| Children | 17 |
Eliseo Herrera Junco (1925–2016) was a Colombian singer, musician, and songwriter. He wrote over 120 songs and was a member of Los Corraleros de Majagual.
Herrera was born on 14 June 1925 in Cartagena, Colombia.[1] His parents were Eufrosina Junco and Genaro Herrera.[2] As a young man he was a dockworker for Empresa Puertos de Colombia (Colpuertos), from whom he continued to draw a pension later in life.[1][2]
Herrera started singing in 1940,[3] and his musical career began with the Sonora Cordobesa.[4] His first recorded songs were "La Chula" and "La Matica de Mafafa", which were hits on the radio.[2] In the early 1960s he joined Los Corraleros de Majagual.[4]
One of Herrera's final performances was at the Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Theatre in Bogotá in 2007. He died on 5 March 2016 in Cartagena.[1]
