El Porompompero

{{Infobox song

| name = El Porompompero

| type = Song

| artist = Manolo Escobar

| language = Spanish

| released = {{Start date|1960}}

| genre = Rumba

| label = Saef

| composer = Juan Solano Pedrero

| lyricist =

• José Antonio Ochaíta
• Xandro Valerio

}}

"El Porompompero" is a rumba{{cite book|last=Gismera Velasco|first=Tomás|date=2002|title=José Antonio Ochaita: la voz de la Alcarria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0t0XObnu-q0C&pg=PA130|publisher=AACHE Ediciones de Guadalajara|page=130|isbn=9788495179869}} written in 1960 by musician Juan Solano Pedrero and lyricists José Antonio Ochaíta and Xandro Valerio.{{cite book|last=Retana|first=Alvaro|year=1967|title=Historia de la canción espânola|publisher=Editorial Tesoro}} It was written for singer El Príncipe Gitano, but was not recorded at the time, and was recorded a year later. Then it was Manolo Escobar who first recorded and popularized it, with which it was his first success as a singer.{{cite book|last=Alba|first=Carlos|date=2011|title=The Songs of Manolo Escobar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tW8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT110|publisher=Birlinn|page=110|isbn=9780857900500}} In 1962, it was part of the musical repertoire, but with a different version of the text, adapted for the film Los Guerrilleros directed by Pedro Luis Ramirez with El Escobar himself in the main role. In 1970, "El Porompompero" performed by Manolo Escobar became the best-selling single in Spain, selling over a million copies.{{cite book|last=Pérez Custodio|first=Diana|year=2005|title=Paco de Lucía: la evolución del flamenco a través de sus rumbas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=le_X9hOxYkgC&pg=PA118|language=es|publisher=Servicio Publicaciones UCA|page=118|isbn=9788496274754}} In 1982, it was also part of the musical repertoire of the film Everything is Possible in Granada directed by Rafael Romero Marchent and starring Manolo Escobar.{{cite book|last=López Gómez|first=Lidia|date=2023|title=Popular Music in Spanish Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRXREAAAQBAJ&pg=PT160|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=160|isbn=9781000933772}}

Many singers have made several versions in different languages. Among them are Sara Montiel, Marisol, Mina.{{cite web |url=https://www.whosampled.com/Manolo-Escobar/El-Porompompero/covered/|title=Covers of El Porompompero by Manolo Escobar|website=WhoSampled|access-date=28 May 2024}}