Benny Moré (sometimes
Beny Moré,
Benny More or
Beny More) (24 August 1919–19 February 1963) is considered by many fans of Cuban music as the greatest Cuban singer of all time. He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master all the genres of Cuban music, including
son montuno,
mambo, guaracha,
guajira,
cha cha cha, afro, canción, guaguancó, and
bolero. The eldest of eighteen children, Moré was born in Santa Isabel de las Lajas in the former province of Las Villas in central Cuba. In 1936, at age se…
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