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Soul Station Feature: Luis "Lija" Ortiz

A Romper El Coco

Cuban singer Benny More popularized the song A Romper El Coco, but he was hardly the only singer to record it. This version by the Puerto Rican tresero (a tres player) Luis "Lija" Ortiz is in the conjunto tradition and has a tres solo as well as a very good piano solo. It was probablky recorded in 1950 for the latin label Verna. Ortiz recorded often in NYC and during the mid 1950’s made many records backing bolero singer Panchito Riset.

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