With more than 60 years of history, 45 albums under their belt and a ton of flavor, Sonora Dinamita will have everyone dancing in Redwood City this Friday, August 12, filling Club Nocturno Maya with tropical music from Colombia.
With tickets ranging from $33 to $103, the latter including bottle or cooler service, all adults can visit the venue located at 1776 Broadway in Redwood City to dance and sing along to their many hits.
Sonora Dinamita is the ambassador of Colombian tropical music around the world. It was created by Lucho Argaín with the aim of creating a group of excellent interpretive quality with international projection, and he achieved it.
The group was born on March 22, 1960 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, when the director of Discos Fuentes Ltda signed Argaín as an exclusive artist for his label. Initially, it was suggested that the name of the group be Sonora Buscapié, since the idea was to have a very explosive concept; thus, the name Sonora Dinamita was finally proposed.
Very soon the band moved to Medellín Colombia already baptized, to face the recording of their first musical production, which was named "Ritmo" and the songs composed by Lucho Argaín: "Yo la vi" and "Mayen Raye" were their hits.
In 1961 the second album was recorded and the third the following year, however, that same year 1962 marked the disintegration of Sonora Dinamita, this break lasted for 14 years.
In 1968, requests from Mexico for the music of Sonora Dinamita became more and more frequent, and so Discos Fuentes published a compilation of their greatest hits.
By 1977, brothers José María and Pedro Fuentes sought out Lucho Argaín and told him about the success of their first recordings, and managed to convince him to re-form Sonora Dinamita. In this second stage, the recording of new songs was not long in coming, and they presented their fourth musical production entitled "La Explosiva Sonora Dinamita" to the national and foreign markets.
In April 1978 they began recording their fifth LP entitled "El Meneíto" which included the song "Se Me Perdió La Cadenita" composed by Lucho Argaín and one of the most important hits in the history of Sonora Dinamita; entering the Mexican market with great impact.
It was in 1979 that Lucho Argaín settled with his orchestra in Mexico and began a career that took him on a triumphant journey, reaping success and collecting resounding applause on his trips to the United States, Paraguay, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, among others.
In 1981, a female voice was included for the first time, with the following people having participated: Lucha López, Lucy Peñaloza, La India Meliyara, Julieth, Ana Lucia de Hoyos, Margarita, Vilma Díaz, Susana Velázquez, Glennis Ramírez, Luz Stella Montoya Villa and Zayda Saladem.
Meanwhile, the male voices have participated: John Jairo, Mike Alvear, Alvaro Pava, Oscar Argain, Nando Malo, Willie Calderon, Rodolfo Aicardi, Bobby Ruiz, Alvaro Pizarro and Macondo. All those interested in attending the event can reserve and buy tickets by giving click here.
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