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ALBUMOro Verde - SingleBeto Quintanilla & Vagon Chicano
Albums by Beto Quintanilla
ALBUMEl Mero León del Corrido, Puros Corridos, Vol. 1Beto Quintanilla
ALBUMEl Mero León del Corrido: Puros Corridos, Vol. 3Beto Quintanilla
ALBUM15 Éxitos de Beto QuintanillaBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMAl Filo de la NavajaBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMNarcos EncanonadosBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMVol.10Beto Quintanilla
ALBUMEl Cuerno de ChivoBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMPa Cantar Hay Que ser GalloBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMEl Pescado EnjabonadoBeto Quintanilla
ALBUMLa Carrera del ChuchoBeto Quintanilla
Artist Biography
Beto Quintanilla never had any formal music training, although he frequently composed songs and poems as a child.
∙ To help support his family, at age 13 Quintanilla started working at a cattle ranch, where he also composed songs for musician friends and local groups.
∙ Local music executive Ruben Polanco pushed Quintanilla to start performing his own songs, and by the late ’70s he’d recorded several hits, including “Pancho La Sota.”
∙ Known as El Mero León del Corrido (The Boss Lion of the Corrido), Quintanilla—whose songs often recounted tales of drug smuggling—was one of the biggest stars of the narcocorrido genre.
∙ Quintanilla’s “Raquenel Villanueva” and “El Calabazo” are two of the most frequently covered corridos in Northern Mexico.
∙ Tragedias Reales de la Vida, released just two days before his death in 2007, went on to be his most successful album and was a Billboard Top 200 hit.
Hometown
Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Genre
Latin