He recorded in New York with Tito Puente and his band in the 1960s for an album called ”Pachanga in New York” and with the great Puerto Rican band Cortijo y Su Combo, singing with Ismael Rivera. He maintained a busy schedule, recording with the music’s biggest stars, even in exile from Cuba. With the advent of the Cuban Revolution, he emigrated first to Caracas, Venezuela, and then to Miami, where he continued his career, counting on a good part of his audience. Throughout his career, he recorded more than thirty albums. Mentiras tuyas, recorded in 1957 and written by Mario Fernández Porta, was defining in the way he sang, with colloquial incursions and dialogues. The album was arranged by Duarte, with the characteristic sound of a Cuban jazz band. Sometime later, he became a timpanist and choir in Benny Moré’s Giant Band.Įrnesto Duarte Brito together with the Álvarez Guedes brothers, owners of the Gema record label, produced a bolero production that did not have the expected projection.
In 1946 he traveled to Havana, and worked as a percussionist in the Hermanos Palau orchestra, and eventually collaborated with different groups. Right there, when he was 20 years old, he performed with the Arcaño orchestra and his Maravillas, replacing Miguelito Cuní. He performed sporadically as a percussionist in the Santa Clara Municipal Band. La Serie’s interpretation, but the record sold 30,000 copies in the first few days after its release.Īt the beginning of his professional life, he alternated his status as a musician with the trade of shoemaker. But in 1956 he had the opportunity to record a ballad by Mario Fernandez Porta called ”Mentiras Tuyas,” which he transformed with his distinctively hard sound.
La Serie born in Santa Clara in Cuba started out as a percussionist - he was one of the original members of Beny More’s group - whose singing was seen as a bit of an embarrassment. His attack and his enthusiasm earned him the nickname ”El Guapo de la Cancion,” which in Cuban slang translates as a valiant or bold singer. Although some of his biggest hits were ballads, his up-tempo singing was a marvel of improvisation and sound. Rolando La Serie one of the most popular singers of all time in Cuba had a big, open voice, slightly hoarse and aggressive. “EL GUACHAPOSO” ROLANDO LA SERIE, ONE OF THE MOST CUBAN POPULAR SINGERS OF ALL TIME.
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