# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nico-saquito
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:26:23.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nico-saquito"
name: "Ñico Saquito"
slug: "nico-saquito"
description: "Benito Antonio Fernández Ortiz, better known as Ñico Saquito, was a Cuban trova songwriter, guitarist and singer. He is widely considered the most prolific and successful composer of guarachas, most of which he wrote during his stint as a member of Los Guaracheros de Oriente. Among his most enduring compositions are \"Cuidadito compay gallo\", \"María Cristina\", \"Adiós compay gato\", \"Al vaivén de mi carreta\", \"Camina como Chencha\" and \"Amarrao compé\"."
tagline: "Cuban trova songwriter, guitarist and singer (1901–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%C3%91ico_Saquito_294A5382_Gedenktafel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1901-02-13"
deathDate: "1982-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0.9935483870967743
  historical:           10.54470933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764694/"
    handle:    "nm0764694"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0OThc8JLqTb1ThkLfsIGUi"
    handle:    "0OThc8JLqTb1ThkLfsIGUi"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيكو ساكويتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "نییکو ساکیتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%91ico_Saquito"
    title: "Ñico Saquito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30538842-a3b9-4243-9808-d9b68e5c4783"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump