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Valerio Longoria was born February 13, 1924, in Kenedy, Texas. As a young boy, he took apart a harmonica to see how it worked, and when he was eight years of age, his father, Valerio Longoria, Sr., bought an accordion for him for $10.
Valerio Longoria is considered one of the most innovative conjunto musicians who shaped the music’s classic period in the post-World War II era, a group considered “la nueva generación,” the new generation.
Valerio Longoria Sr. was born on 27 December 1924. He was an actor, known for Selena (1997). He died on 15 December 2000 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- December 27, 1924
- Valerio Longoria Sr.
- December 15, 2000
From the accordion master Valerio Longoria, this album is solid music that connects with the feet and the heart. Highlights include the thumping cumbia title track, on which he handles lead vocals, and "El Canonero," a bolero evergreen rearranged as a cumbia.
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Valerio Longoria, an accordion player and a prominent early figure in south Texas conjunto music, died on Friday in a nursing home in San Antonio. He was 75 and lived in San Antonio.
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Dec 5, 2006 · Texas-Mexican conjunto musician Valerio Longoria was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (some sources say Kenedy, Texas), on December 27 (some sources say March 13), 1924. Because he was the son of migrant farmworkers and worked as a child in the fields with his father, he rarely attended school.
