Fito Olivares | |
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| Born | April 19, 1947 Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Died | March 17, 2023 (aged 75) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | Fito Olivares |
| Occupation | Musician |
Rodolfo Olivares (April 19, 1947 – March 17, 2023),[1] known as Fito Olivares, was a Mexican cumbia musician.[2]
Olivares was the son of María Cristina Olivares and Mucio Olivares. He spent his childhood on a ranch of Rechinadores, Tamaulipas. In the school of this ranch he learned to play the Saxophone that his father bought him. His father Mucio Olivares was a good saxophonist and they started practicing with the saxophone together when he was 12. He graduated from the commercial academy in 1961 and began to work keeping accounts of some businesses. He began to play professionally in 1963, at the age of 16, in Ciudad Camargo, Tamaulipas.[citation needed]
- ^ "Reports: Mexican music legend Fito Olivares has died". 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ The Shade of the Saguaro 886655393X "Fito Olivares' ability to fill large dance halls for the last three decades, playing only Cumbias, is certainly a measure of that genre's enduring presence and popularity in Texas."