La Sonora Dinamita

La Sonora Dinamita is a Mexican musical group that plays cumbia, a Tropical music genre that’s popular throughout Latin America. As one of the first cumbia groups to reach international success, it is credited with helping to popularize the genre throughout Latin America and the world.

The original orchestra was formed in 1960 in Cartagena de Indias under the direction of bandleader Lucho Argaín. It disbanded in 1963, but was re-formed in 1975 under the direction of Julio Ernesto Estrada "Fruko" Rincón, the artistic director of the Discos Fuentes record label. In 1981, the group released its first successful recordings.

In 2002, the band's founder and frontman Lucho Argaín died, and the band continued with a new line-up. Today, their lead singer is Charlie Alvarez.

While the group's lineup has changed, it has always featured a strong female vocalist to accompany its ten-piece brass instrumentation, including Margarita Vargas (la Diosa de La Cumbia), Mélida Yará (La India Meliyará), Vilma Díaz (La Diva de La Cumbia), Susana Velasquez, and other female vocalists and also several male vocalists.

Discography

• La Copa De La Vida 2019
• Juntos Por La Sonora 2016
• Los Mechones 2015
• Exitos Tropicosos 2015
• La Vibrante Sonora Dinamita 2015
• Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir - Amor de Mis Amores 2014
• A Mover el Cucu 2014
• Cumbia Caliente con La Sonora Dinamita 2014
• La Gran Sonora Dinamita y sus Estrella 2014
• Esto si es Dinamita 2014
• Grandes Hits La Sonora Dinamita 2014
• Una Leyenda - La Sonora Dinamita 2014
• Historia Musical de La Sonora Dinamita 2014
• La Suprema Sonora Dinamita 2014
• La Tropicalisima Sonora Dinamita 2014
• 20 Grandes Exitos 2011
• Dinamitazos de Oro decada de los 80 Vol.2 2005
• Dinamitazos de Oro decada de los 80 Vol.1 2005
• Canta como - Sing Along: La Sonora Dinamita 2002
• 30 Pegaditas de Oro 1999
• A Mover la Colita 1999
• La Mera Mera 1999
• La Reina de La Cumbia 1997
• Super Exitos Vol.2 1996
• Super Exitos Vol 1 1994
• Chispeante 1993
• La Sonora Dinamita Gold 1991
• 16 Supercumbias 1990
• 30 Pegaditas de Oro Vol.1 1988
• 16 Grandes Exitos 1987
• La Cumbia Nació en Barú 1982
• Dinamita 1963
• Ritmo 1960
• Fiesta en el Caribe 1958

Former vocalists and their recordings (hits)

References