Armando Manzanero

Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in the United States in 2014. He was the president of the Mexican Society of Authors and Composers (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México).

Armando Manzanero
Manzanero in 2016
Background information
Birth nameArmando Manzanero Canché
Born(1935-12-07)7 December 1935
Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico
Died28 December 2020(2020-12-28) (aged 85)
Mexico City, Mexico
GenresBoleros
Occupations
  • Composer
  • pianist
  • singer
Instruments
  • Piano
  • voice
Years active1950–2020
LabelsRCA Victor
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