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Los Teen Agers
12+ albums
cumbiaColombiaaquellos diciembres
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Los Teen Agers were founded in Medellín in 1957 by Aníbal Ángel (aka Anán), who hailed from the Antioquía region but was as equally interested in cumbia as he was in classical composition and rock. They were arguably the first, before the rock groups, to introduce electric keyboard and guitar to Colombian music. The “unruly teenagers” (most were only 17 or 18 years of age) recorded for Zeida (a division of Codiscos), with César Giraldo as their original vocalist, performing as many beat, twist and “a go-go” tunes as they did Latin numbers. One minute they might cover Elvis, the next a song in Hebrew or Italian. They were kept so busy by Zeida, churning out several records a year, that at first they had no idea how popular they were becoming, but that would soon change when they got a taste of their own Beatlemania type of treatment from crazed, screaming fans during early TV appearances. A few years later they got a makeover courtesy of Antonio Fuentes, recording their debut full-length for him called “Nuevos ritmos” in 1961. Fuentes was sincerely interested in reigning in their juvenile rock antics and updating their sound, while also making it more rhythmically complex, closer to the authenticity of his beloved Caribbean genres. Fuentes achieved some interesting results, not the least of which was the science-fiction-inspired novelty cumbia, ‘La gaita marciana’ (The Martian Bagpipe), a wacky gem he wrote expressly for the band. At the time they signed with Fuentes, the band
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albums
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Historia Musical de los Teen Agers
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Historia Músical - 40 Éxitos
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Nuevos Ritmos
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El Mejor Disco De Diciembre 2
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Grandes Hits: Los Teen Agers
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La Mejor Música de Diciembre, Vol. 3
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30 Mejores
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Música Tropical de Colombia, Vol. 3
Se armó la pachanga
Colombia Baila Con Los Teen Agers
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Historia Musical 40 Años Con Gustavo "El Loco" Quintero
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54 Cañonazos Bailables de Siempre