Artist's albums
Inolvidables
1999 · album
Machito And Miguelito Valdés 1941-1958
1998 · compilation
Guaguanco. El Ritmo Propio
1998 · album
Los Valdés Con La Sonora Matancera
1998 · album
Salsa Cubana Clásica
1986 · EP
Eschucha Mi Son: La Edad De Oro De Miguelito Valdes
2023 · compilation
Salsas
2023 · album
Rumba Rumbero
2020 · album
Miguelito Valdes y Machito. Los Reyes Del Ritmo
2020 · album
Bim Bam Boom. Cuban Rhythms
2019 · album
La negra Leonó (Remastered)
2019 · album
Blem Blem Blem / Babalú
2019 · single
Ala Triste
2015 · single
Mambo Dance Session
2014 · album
Perlas Cubanas: Casino de la Playa
2014 · album
Mango Mangüé: Miguelito Valdés - Ep
2014 · EP
La Maria
2012 · single
Vintage Cuba Nº 66 - EPs Collectors, "Piropo"
1957 · single
Vintage Cuba Nº 48 - EPs Collectors "Villa Rosa"
1958 · single
Nagüe / El Mondonguero
1962 · single
Reunion
1963 · album
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Biography
During more than five decades of performing, the vocal innovations of Miguelito Valdes made him one of Latin music's most popular artists. He started singing in 1927 with a few amateur groups, then decided music was his career while in Panama during the early '30s. In June 1937, Valdes was the vocalist for the corporation Casino de la Playa Orchestra, which was among Cuba's five most popular orchestras. He left Cuba for New York City in April 1940, and joined the Xavier Cugat band at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. The spot earned him a lot of fame, enough so that he could start his solo career in 1942. He recorded for several labels, was seen in 12 movie cameo roles, and went into semi-retirement in 1955. He came back in 1963, and hosted a television show for ten years. In 1978, Miguelito Valdes died on stage of a heart attack in Bogota, Columbia. ~ Max Salazar, Rovi