El Carrao de Palmarito
Juan de los Santos Contreras; April 7, 1928 – December 10, 2002), was a Venezuelan singer and composer of música llanera. He was better known by his stage name El Carrao de Palmarito which identified him as the "limpkin" (a bird with a piercing call; Spanish: Carrao, Latin: Aramus guarauna) of Palmarito, his hometown.
El Carrao de Palmarito
- Name
- El Carrao de Palmarito
- Birth Name
- Juan de los Santos Contreras
- Born
- 7 April 1928
- Birthplace
- Palmarito (Apure), Apure state, Venezuela
- Died
- 10 December 2002
- Place of death
- Barinas, Barinas state, Venezuela
- Occupation
- singer, composer
- Nationality
- Venezuela
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• Name — El Carrao de Palmarito • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Juan de los Santos Contreras • Alias — El Carrao de Palmarito Clarín de la Llanura • Born — 7 April 1928 • Birthplace — Palmarito (Apure), Apure state, Venezuela • Died — 10 December 2002 • Place of death — Barinas, Barinas state, Venezuela • Genre — música llanera • Occupation — singer, composer • Label — Velvet Discomoda Cahilapo • Associated Acts — José Romero Bello Ángel Custodio Loyola Sentimiento Apureño Joseíto Romero group
Career
Career
He became well known in the 1950s, making radio broadcasts and releasing his first disc on the Velvet label. His most famous songs include the duet Florentino y el Diablo (based on the poema by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba), Aquella mujer que amé, Furia, Chaparralito llanero, Cajón del Arauca apureño, Llanura yo soy tu hijo, Plegaria llanera, Travesía de San Camilo, Faenas del llano, Dulce María, Mis retoños, El morrocoy de doña Carmen, Caminito de Arichuna, Recorriendo a Barinas, Los martirios del Carrao, El sueño de Julio Verne, Villavicencio. Contreras received many awards, including Venezuela's National Prize of Popular Culture in 1998.
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Palmarito.
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- 1.Chacín, Edén. «El Carrao de Palmarito» en Parángula (Revista del Programa de Cultura de la Unellez). Barinas, nº 7, año 6, 1989, pp. 8-11. Transcripción: Arlett Colmenares y Milagros Argüelles. El Carrao de Palmarito.
- 2.Biografía de Juan de los Santos Contreras.
- 3.Magdalena Valdez. Presidente Maduro rinde tributo a «El Carrao de Palmarito» a 90 años de su natalicio.
- 4.Angel Miranda García. Juan de los Santos Contreras - El Carrao de Palmarito.
- 5.Biografía del carrao de Palmarito.
- 6.Juan de los Santos Contreras, El Carrao de Palmarito.
- 7.El Carrao de Palmarito.
- 8.El Carrao de Palmarito.
- 9.CARLOS D' HOY. Historias de la violencia: Furia, la tormenta del llano.
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