Rey Caney
Reinaldo Hierrezuelo La O (30 December 1926 – 23 February 2016), known professionally as Rey Caney, was a Cuban singer, guitarist, and tresero. Rey Caney was born in Santiago de Cuba as the youngest of 11 siblings, he led Cuarteto Patría for some time; this famous group is now led by Eliades Ochoa. His partner was his older brother Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, they sang together for thirty years.
Rey Caney
- Full name
- Reinaldo Hierrezuelo La O.
- Born
- 1926. · Santiago de Cuba.
- Died
- 2016. · Havana.
- Nationality
- Cuba.
- Occupation
- singer, composer and guitarist.
- Fields
- guaracha.
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Reinaldo Hierrezuelo La O (30 December 1926 – 23 February 2016), known professionally as Rey Caney, was a Cuban singer, guitarist, and tresero. Rey Caney was born in Santiago de Cuba as the youngest of 11 siblings, he led Cuarteto Patría for some time; this famous group is now led by Eliades Ochoa. His partner was his older brother Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, they sang together for thirty years.
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Recorded at birth as Reinaldo Hierrezuelo La O. Also worked under the name Rey Caney. Born at Santiago de Cuba in 1926, died in Havana in 2016.
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- 1.Nalvarte, Soledad. Los Compadres de Cuba se juntaron en el cielo: Murió Rey Caney. RPP. 23 February 2016.
- 2.Giro, Radamés 2007. Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba. La Habana. Volume 4, page 21
- 3.Cuban Musician Reinaldo Hierrezuelo, Rey Caney, Dies at 89. worldmusiccentral.org. 25 February 2016.
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