Israel Romero
Israel Romero Ospino or popularly known as "El Pollo Isra" (Born in Villanueva, La Guajira in 1955) is a Colombian vallenato musician, composer and accordionist. Romero was along Rafael Orozco Maestre the founder of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América.
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Israel Romero

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- Name
- Israel Romero
- Birth Name
- Israel Romero Ospino
- Born
- 1954 · La Guajira Department.
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Occupation
- musician · lawyer
- Fields
- Vallenato
- Education
- Libre University of Colombia
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Israel Romero Ospino or popularly known as "El Pollo Isra" (Born in Villanueva, La Guajira in 1955) is a Colombian vallenato musician, composer and accordionist. Romero was along Rafael Orozco Maestre the founder of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América.
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• Name — Israel Romero • Birth Name — Israel Romero Ospino • Alias — Pollo Isrra • Origin — Villanueva,15 October 1955 La Guajira Colombia • Instruments — Accordion • Genre — Vallenato, Latin • Years Active — 1976–present • Label — Sony Music • Current Member Of — Binomio de Oro de América
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1954
Israel Romero born at La Guajira Department.
Discography
From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist of the "Fiesta Vallenata" compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco. • 1977 - Binomio de Oro (1977 album) • 1977 - Por lo Alto • 1978 - Enamorado como Siempre • 1978 - Los Elegidos (album) • 1979 - Super Vallenato • 1980 - Clase aparte • 1980 - De Cache • 1981 - 5 Años de Oro • 1982 - Festival Vallenato • 1983 - Fuera de Serie • 1983 - Mucha Calidad • 1984 - Somos Vallenato • 1985 - Superior • 1986 - Binomio de Oro • 1987 - En Concierto • 1988 - Internacional • 1989 - De Exportación • 1990 - De Fiesta con el Binomio • 1991 - Por Siempre • 1991 - De América Singer Gabriel "El Gaby" García replaced Orozco • 1993 - Todo Corazón • 1994 - De la Mano con el Pueblo • 1995 - Lo Nuestro Jean Carlos Centeno and Jorge Celedon became lead singers • 1996 - A su Gusto • 1997 - Seguimos por lo Alto • 1998 - 2000 • 1999 - Más cerca de tí In 1999 singer Jorge Celedon quits the group, replaced by Junior Santiago. • 2000 - Difícil de Igualar • 2001 - Haciendo Historia • 2003 - Que Viva el Vallenato • 2004 - En todo su Esplendor • 2005 - Grafiti de Amor • 2006 - Impredecible
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