Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band arrangements and compositions of mambo, chachachá and batanga, a genre he created in 1952.
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Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 2013 · aged 94
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