Rafael Orozco Maestre

Rafael José Orozco Maestre (March 24, 1954 in Becerril, Cesar – June 11, 1992 in Barranquilla, Atlántico) was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of that Colombian popular folk music and lead singer and owner, along fellow accordionist Israel Romero, of the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de América, very popular in Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela. Orozco was assassinated by gunmen in front of his house on his daughter's 15th birthday party. It is believed they were hired by an angry drug lord whose wife-or girlfriend-was obsessed with Orozco. It has been alleged that Orozco had a sentimental relationship with a young woman named Maria Angelica Navarro Ogliasti, identified as the girlfriend of Medellin Cartel hitman Jose Reinaldo Fiallo, who was himself murdered on November 1992 on orders of Pablo Escobar.[1]

For other people named Rafael Orozco, see Rafael Orozco (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Orozco and the second or maternal family name is Maestre.
Rafael Orozco Maestre
Birth nameRafael José Orozco Maestre
Born(1954-03-24)March 24, 1954
OriginBecerril, Cesar
Colombia
DiedJune 11, 1992(1992-06-11) (aged 38)
GenresVallenato, Latin
Occupation(s)singer
InstrumentsSinging
Years active1976–1992
LabelsCodiscos
Associated actsDiomedes Díaz, Los Hermanos Zuleta, Jorge Oñate

Discography

From 1977 to 1991 the Binomio de Oro recorded 20 albums not counting special contributions to other artist on different 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

Telenovela

In 2014, Caracol TV, the largest Colombian television station, started airing a telenovela titled Rafael Orozco, el ídolo, about the life of Rafael Orozco Maestre.[2]

References
  1. "Ya son 20 años de la muerte de Rafael Orozco" (in Spanish).
  2. Rafael Orozco, El Ídolo (in Spanish)
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