Guillermo de Jesús Buitrago Enríquez, a Colombian composer of vallenato music, was born in Ciénaga Magdalena, Colombia on 1 April 1920 and died 19 April 1949.
His music was originally distributed in 78 rpm discs; nobody knows exactly how many songs he recorded but it is said to be more than 150 songs. His record producers were "Discos Fuentes", who have compiled most of his songs in LPs and CDs.
Some of the main releases have been:
1-La capuchona
2-Adios mi maye (la despedida)
3-Cienaguera
4-La carta
5-El testamento
6-El tiburon de marbella
7-El amor de claudia
8-Pacha rosado
9-La piña madura
10-La varita de caña
11-Espera que me muera
12-El compae migue (El ermitaño).
Those songs with an asterisk belong to San Juan:
1-Regalito de navidad*
2-Palomita mensajera*
3-Yo no monto en avión*
4-El amor es un collar
5-Las sabanas del diluvio
6-Luis Eduardo
7-Rosa Valencia*
8-La peste
9-Pacho y Abraham
10-Los enanos
11-El brujo de Arjona (El enviado)
12-Moralito.
1-El cazador
2- La mujer que quiere a uno
3-La fiera de pabayo
4-Pacho y Abraham
5-La costumbre de los pueblos
6-El testamento
7-La matica de yuca
8-Espera que muera
9-El dolor de Micaela
10-La vida es un relajo
Some other songs that haven't been released in CD or LP but just recorded in 78s and only collectors possess them are: (They have disappeared almost completely).
-Buitrago me tiene un pique (1st version)
-Como se pierde se gana(bolero)
-Compay Chaney (El zorro)
-El bachiller
-El bobo de la yuca (buitrago just did backing vocals)
-El coco rayado
-El día de San Sebastián (El caimán)
-El doctor Rafael Lavalle
-El compa´e mige (1st version)
-El jerre jerre -El negro maldito
-El negro Mendo
-La estricnina
-La vaca lechera
-Linda nena
-Los panderos de Río Frío
-Mi guayabo
-Mil veces(Lombo)
-Mi morenita
-Petra la pelua
-Santo Tomás
-Zorro chucho, marimonda y baco
The following are completely extinguished:
-El alazanito
-Mala noche (El negrito figurin)
-Toño miranda en el Valle
-Falsas caricias
-Anhelos
-Los choferes
-La rosca
-Teresa Mercedes
-Las muchachas de buitrago
-Ritmo colombiano (Mi Colombia) "Buitrago just did backing vocals"
-La cañandonga
Odeón Argentina and Chile edited a few of his songs and some of that Odeón material was also edited by Discos Fuentes.
Some other songs were radio advertising and they weren't commercially edited.
-Ron añejo
-Ron motilon
-Radio document (Advertising to promote Butrago's radio programme).
There are some more radio advertising recordings made by Buitrago but these are the only 3 that have been found.
One of the latest CDs produced is a compilation and restoration of his greatest hits called "16 Exitos de Navidad y Año Nuevo". Two of the songs were cut at the very beginning missing a small part of the original intro. Also, percussion and a bass were added to almost all the songs differing from the original track.
1. Víspera De Año Nuevo
2. Ron De Vinola
3. Dame Tu Mujer José
4. Grito Vagabundo
5. El Huerfanito
6. Compae Heliodro
7. El Amor De Claudia
8. La Carta
9. La Araña Picua
10. La Piña Madura
11. La Hija De Mi Comadre
12. Qué Criterio
13. Las Mujeres A Mi No Me Quieren
14. Cienaguera
15. El Testamento
16. El Brujo De Arjona
Guillermo Buitrago cantor del pueblo para todos los tiempos (biography book), Edgar Caballero Elias, Discos Fuentes www.discosfuentes.com Gabriel Velez's collection.