| Augusto Polo Campos | |
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| Birth name | Agusto Polo Campos |
| Born | 25 February 1932 |
| Origin | Puquio Ayacucho, Peru |
| Genres | Peruvian music |
| Occupations | Composer |
Augusto Armando Polo Campos (25 February 1932, Ayacucho, Peru) is a Peruvian composer.
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One of the best Peruvians compositors of all times. He is author of innumerable popular international hits which represent the originality and richness of Peruvian identity with their melody and lyrics.[1]
In 1933, his family went to reside in the city of Lima. They lived in the historical Rímac District, (also the name of Lima's most famous river). From an early age Augusto discovered a love and ability to recite and compose verses and rimes.
His home was frequently visited by artists and singers who like to dance and sing Peruvian music, all of which would eventually influence and motivate the creativity of Polo Campos, who not much later would become a prolific and successful career as an admired composer whose songs would form part of the Peruvian traditions forever.[2] He was in a controversy about authorship of the song "Cariño Malo", with Armando Manzanero, and APDAYC.[3][4][5]
He never studied music and does not play any instrument, being a self-taught whose talent and intelligence has helped him to create many beautiful songs making him able to obtain a Guinness Record for been able to make a song in less than 2 minutes. One of his songs was included in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.[6]
He has a daughter (Flor) and a son Augusto Polo Campos, Jr.[7]