Bienvenido Granda, born Bienvenido Granda Rosendo Aguilera (Havana, 1915, August 30 - Mexico City, 1983, July 9) was a Cuban musician, singing Bolero, Tango and Cuban rhythms.
For porting a large mustache was nicknamed El bigote que canta (The mustache who sings).
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Bienvenido Granda was orphan to six years old. He discovered his vocation for the Cuban rhythms and tango as a child, when he sang for the buses in Cuba.
He began his career between the 1940s and 1950, radio stations such as Radio Cadena Azul, Radio Cadena Suaritos, Radio Progreso, Radio CMQ and RHC Radio. His first set was called Sonora Matancera in 1940. Worked with this group for many years until, in 1954, began his solo career. He has performed in several countries of the Latin America to settle in Mexico City, where he died. He played several musical genres Cuban and Caribbean countries, especially the Bolero.
Among his greatest successes included: