Artist: Willy Chirino
Genre(s):
Latin
Latin: Dance
Discography:
Greatest Hits
Year: 2000
Tracks: 12
Oro Salsero Disc 2
Year: 1996
Tracks: 9
Oro Salsero Disc 1
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Salsa
Year:
Tracks: 8
Combining the musical traditions of Cuba with American rock and jazz, Cuba-born and South Florida-based vocaliser and bandleader Willie Chirino helped to create the "Miami Sound" of Salsa euphony. The composer of more than one c songs, Chirino's material has been covered by a prolonged list of artists including Raphael, Ricardo Montaner, Rocio Jurado, Celia Cruz, Oscar D'Leon, Angela Carrasco, Jorge Muniz and Nydia Caro. Chirino's song, "Soy sauce," has been recorded by more than sixty artists including The Gypsy Kings, whose rendering sold more than foursome one thousand thousand copies. Chirino likewise composed and performed the theme songs for Spanish-language video georgia home boy operas, "La Zulianita" and "Pobre Diabla."
Chirino has received numerous awards throughout his calling. He was named "World-beater" of Miami's Calle Ocho Festival in 1993. Two eld later, a section of NW 17th Avenue in Miami was christened "Willie Chirino Way". Chirino received a UNICEF awarding for his exercise for children via the Willie Chirino Foundation.
In May, 1989, Chirino opened a eating place and night club, Zarabanda, in Coral Gables, Florida.
