Rafael Orozco Maestre, was a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n singer of vallenato

Vallenato

Vallenato, along with cumbia, is currently a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia's Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía de Perijá in...

 music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian popular folk music and lead singer and owner, along fellow accordionist Israel Romero

Israel Romero

Israel Romero Ospino or popularly known as "El Pollo Isra" is a Colombian vallenato musician, composer and accordionist...

, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América

Binomio de Oro de América

Binomio de Oro de América is a vallenato musical group from Colombia. It was founded by lead singer Rafael Orozco and accordionist Israel Romero in the Caribbean Region of Colombia on June 16, 1976...

, very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. Orozco was assassinated by gunmen. It is believed they were hired by an angry drug lord whose wife Orozco was having an affair with.

Discography

From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist of the "Fiesta Vallenata" compilations, interrupted with the death of lead singer Rafael Orozco.

• 1977 - Binomio de Oro (1977 album)
• 1977 - Por lo Alto
• 1978 - Enamorado como Siempre
• 1978 - Los Elegidos (album)
• 1979 - Super Vallenato
• 1980 - Clase Aparte (album)
• 1980 - De Cache
• 1981 - 5 Años de Oro
• 1982 - Festival Vallenato (album)
• 1982 - Fuera de Serie (album)
• 1983 - Mucha Calidad (album)
• 1984 - Somos Vallenato
• 1985 - Superior (vallenato album)
• 1986 - Binomio de Oro (1986 album)
• 1987 - En Concierto (vallenato album)
• 1988 - Internacional (vallenato album)
• 1989 - De Exportación
• 1990 - De Fiesta con el Binomio
• 1991 - Por Siempre (vallenato album)
• 1991 - De América

External links

• Elvallenato.com