Víctor Hugo Ayala
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| Born | (1934-06-13) 13 June 1934 (age 91) Bogotá, Colombia |
Víctor Hugo Ayala (born 1934) is a Colombian singer. He is known for his bolero records, particularly "Si Te Vuelvo a Besar", and for his performance of the Colombian national anthem.
Víctor Hugo Ayala was born on 13 June 1934 in Bogotá.[1] His mother was Leonor Caro.[2] Ayala attended school in Bogotá, and studied architecture for five semesters at a state university.[2] He worked in the Colombian Navy as an architectural draughtsman.[1]
Ayala started singing in competitions on radio shows, and won first prize in one on Radio Santa Fe. In 1951 he started singing regularly on Radio Santa Fe, and on stations La Voz de Colombia and Nueva Granada (where he was accompanied by Jaime Llano González).[1][2] He was then invited by Hernán Restrepo Duque to record for Sonolux [es]; his first record was the bolero "Camino Verde", and his second was "La Quiero Porque la Quiero".[1] Ayala came to prominence at a time when imports of several luxuries, including foreign-made LPs, were tightly controlled in Colombia. As a result, along with Alberto Granados and Alberto Osorio, he benefitted from improved sales of records in foreign styles like bolero.[3]
Ayala has recorded more than 20 LPs with labels including Sonolux, RCA Victor, Philips, and Discos Orbe, and has recorded songs in six languages.[4][5] He is particularly known for his version of "Si Te Vuelvo a Besar" by Jaime Llano González, and for performing the Colombian national anthem, which for some years he sang every 31 December as part of the end-of-year celebrations on Colombian television.[3][1] Other songs notably recorded by Ayala include "Qué Fácil Fue Olvidarte", "Un Compromiso", "Fuego en el Alma", "Ayer Me Echaron del Pueblo", and "Por Si no te Vuelvo".[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "85 años de dos grandes: Juancho Vargas y Víctor Hugo Ayala" [85 years of two greats: Juancho Vargas and Víctor Hugo Ayala], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 9 June 2019, retrieved 10 September 2025
- 1 2 3 José I. Pinilla Aguilar (1980). "Ayala Victor Hugo". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish). Editorial Ariana. pp. 67–68. OCLC 253182806.
- 1 2 Jaime Andrés Monsalve Buriticá (November 2024). "Víctor Hugo Ayala – Negra consentida". En Surcos de Colores: La Historia de la Música Colombiana en 150 Discos [In Colourful Grooves: The History of Colombian Music in 150 Records] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Rey Naranjo Editores. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-628-7589-47-6.
- ↑ Ignacio Castro Contreras (1999). "Ayala, Víctor Hugo". In Emilio Casares Rodicio (ed.). Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana (in Spanish). Vol. 1: Abad – Azzali. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. p. 901. ISBN 84-8048-304-0.
- ↑ Egon Ludwig (2001). "Ayala, Víctor Hugo". Música Latinoamericana (in German). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 54. ISBN 3-89602-282-2.
External links
- Víctor Hugo Ayala discography at Discogs