Celio González

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Celio González General data Real name Celio Adán González Ascencio Birth January 29, 1924 Camajuaní, Cuba Cuban nationality Death October 17, 2004 (80 years) Mexico City, Mexico Spouse Martha Torres Children Celio David González Torres Elisa González Torres of the first marriage and Celio Lazaro González Jímenez Occupation Singer Artistic information Other names The Satan of Cuba Genre (s) Guaracha, Cuban Rumba and Bolero Von instrument (s) Activity period 1941-2003 Record label (s) seeco, tropical Related artists Daniel Santos, Welcome Granda, Celia Cruz Celio González Celio Adán González Ascencio (Camajuaní, Cuba, January 29, 1924-Mexico City, October 17, 2004). Outstanding Cuban singer, known in the musical environment as "The Satan of Cuba". His most prodigious era was with the Sonora Matancera. Biography His artistic beginnings were stimulated by his mother, since he was protected by the hereditary disease called phocomelia, which caused him to be born without two fingers and toes. As a child he helped his mother sell handicrafts. He participated in the contest of the Supreme Court of Art held in Sancti Spíritus. He lived some time in Camagüey and there, with seventeen years of age, he worked in the orchestra of Joaquín Mendivel, as well as in Conjunto Camacho. He founded the National Trio. He moved to Havana where he was employed as a singer for the Los Jóvenes del Cayo de Alfonsín Quintana, Luis Santí and Conjunto Casino. Its golden age began on May 23, 1956, with

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