Orlando Vallejo
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Orlando Vallejo. Cuban bolero player who discographically was born, together with the Conjunto Casino, in the San Miguel street studios in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s.
Orlando Vallejo is for many the bolerista par excellence, the most melodic, with a velvety and friendly voice. «Vallejo sang with great tenderness - remembers the musician Senén Suárez -, he pronounced well and with excellent intonation, very sentimental with his harmonic voice.
In 1951, Vallejo was called by Roberto Espí, singer and director of the famous Casino Ensemble, to fill the place vacated by guitarist and composer Agustín Ribot and record the boleros "Cielo y sol" and "Dudas de mí", which more than they later became national hits.
Between 1951 and the end of 1952, he recorded around thirty sides between 78 and 45 rpm records. Themes such as "Dudas de mí", "Inteligentemente", recorded in 1951 and February 1952 respectively; "I am sad", recorded on May 28, 1952; and "Perdido amor", by Portillo de la Luz, recorded in September 1952; they rocketed him to stardom. For this reason, the first LP that Panart produced for the Conjunto Casino (LP-312) in 1952 was very well received.
In 1953, he began his vertiginous career as a soloist and recorded dozens and dozens of albums, mainly boleros and guajiras, which achieved unusual popularity.
During his presentations on Radio Progreso, Orlando Vallejo repeatedly sang accompanied by the Orquesta Aragón, in arrangements conceived by flutist Richard Egüés. In the sixties, Vallejo travels to the United States and settles there until his death.