Cumbia Music in Mexico

In the record of Cumbia in Mexico, it is as old as Cumbia in Colombia. In 1940s the Colombian singers migrated to Mexico and they worked with the Mexican orchestra director Rafael de Paz. In the 50s they recorded many and people saw it as the first cumbia, which was recorded outside of Colombia, La Cumbia Cienaguera. They produced other hits like Mi gallo tuerto, Caprichito and Mochebuena. It is during this time when Cumbia began to make popular in Mexico with Tony Camargo who is one of the first supporters of Mexican Cumbia. Cumbia has been renowned in Mexico D.F where almost all the people dance to it and which is known as Chilangos, where the people were born in the main region. The dances have totally changed with time by the style and its modern control.

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During the 70s also, Aniceto Molina migrated to Mexico where he merged with the group known as Guerroro, La Luz Roja de San Marcos and recorded many renowned tropical cumbias music such as El gallo Mojado, El Peluquero and La Mariscada and also in 70s Rigo Tovar also became extremely renowned with his mixture of Cumbia, ballad and rock.

Presently Cumbia is played in many diverse patterns and it has the slight different depending on the particular region such as Cumbia sonidera, Cumbia andina Mexican, Tecno-cumbia and Cumbia Nortena.

Rigo Tovar y su Costa Azul, Grupo Bronco, Selena, Los Caminantes and Celso Pina were the renowned Mexican Cumbia composers and interpreters.