Armando Molero
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| Born | November 22, 1900 Zulia, Venezuela |
| Died | February 5, 1971 Zulia, Venezuela |
Armando Molero, was born in November 22, 1900, is not known exactly where, but it is speculated that could be in the Puertos de Altagracia, the Moján, the island of Toas or Quisiro, what if is known with certainty is that from boy he felt attracted by music. He played the guitar of self-taught form with a very personal and worthy style of academic studies.
From 1914 he gave serenades intoning décimas, danzas, contradanzas, waltzes and bambucos, his versatility took him to participate like singer in the zuliana radio at the end of the 1920s, arriving to be one of the first singers of the radio station: “La voz del lago”. In the 1930s he travels to the capital and works singing in the Broadcasting Caracas and the Venezuela Broadcaster, giving to know pieces like: “La Suegra”, “Una flor” and “Las Charreteras de mi capitán”, gaining the recognition of the national public, in his return to Zulia, works like singer in diverse radio stations, like Ondas del Lago and Radio Catatumbo.
The Tuqueque of the guitar, as the people nicknamed him, married with Doña Josefina del Rosario Leal, native of “El Empredao” district, that Armando knew in the celebrations where he grew like artist. Thee zulian noons were his radial scene. The housewives knew that was lunch time, when at 12 o'clock, the radio transmitted live the singer of the zulianidad: Don Armando Molero. In his voice many songs are remember, like: “El cocotero”, “La suegra”, “Maracaibo Florido”, “El Moñongo”, “Los pescados”, “Con el sombrero”, “El beodo”, “Al son de mi ira”, “Josefina”, “El Lázaro”, “El limonero”, “Una tarde”, “Hoy día de tu cumpleaños”, among others.
In May of 1965, his work is recognized by the Círculo de Cronistas de la Radio y la Televisión, in virtue to his contribution to the promotion and diffusion of the zulian music. Armando Molero, “the Singer of the zulianidad” or “the singer for all time ”, died in February 5, 1971.
