Memo Morales | |
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![]() Memo Morales in 2010 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo |
Also known as | Memo Morales |
Born | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 6 April 1937
Died | 1 January 2017 Caracas, Venezuela | (aged 79)
Genres | Tropical bailable, Música Española, Gaita Pasadobles, Rumba Flamenca, Boleros Morunos |
Occupation | Singer |
Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo (6 April 1937 – 1 January 2017) was a Venezuelan singer. Better known as Memo Morales, he was also dubbed as El Gitano Maracucho.[1][2][3]
Morales was the main voice of many important orchestras of the country, as were the Luis Alfonzo Larrain and Billo's Caracas Boys popular dance bands.[4][5]