Edmundo Arias

Edmundo Arias
Birth nameEdmundo Dante Arias Valencia
Born(1925-12-05)5 December 1925
Tuluá, Colombia
Died28 January 1993(1993-01-28) (aged 67)
Medellín, Colombia
Genrestropical music, bolero, pasillo
Years active1948–1993

Edmundo Dante Arias Valencia was a Colombian musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Arias composed more than 300 songs, and recorded for various Colombian record labels including Discos Fuentes, Zeida, Ondina, and Sonolux. He is considered one of the "big three" composers of Colombian tropical music of the 1950s and 60s, alongside Lucho Bermúdez and Pacho Galán.

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