Los Relámpagos del Norte

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Los Relámpagos del Norte was a norteño band formed in the early 1960's by Cornelio Reyna and Ramon Ayala. The band is best known as a duo. Cornelio Reyna was the lead singer and bajo sexto player, while Ramon Ayala was the background vocalist and the accordion player. After very successful careers together, Cornelio and Ramon parted ways in the early 70's. They later reunited in 1996 to record a live album which was very successful among their core audience. The duo had plans to record a new album, unfortunately Cornelio Reyna died in January 1997, which was a great loss to norteño music.

This band is greatly respected in the norteño music world and is one of the founding bands for the genre. World famous norteño bands like Intocable and Pesado follow this the grounds created by this band. Servando Cano the Owner of Los Relampagos Del Norte, currently owns various bands of similar style. These include Ramon Ayala y Los Bravos del Norte, Intocable, Pesado, Intenso, Los Tigres, Los Invasores, Los Herederos, La Firma, El Poder, Los Traileros, and several others.