Los Panchos

Los Panchos first met in 1944 in New York City.Latin Music - Musicians, Genres and Themes, Stavans, Ilan - Editor In Chief, Greenwood, Oxford, England, 2014, p. 798-799 {{ISBN|978-0-313-34395-7}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=qE-LBAAAQBAJ&dq=Los+Panchos+Trio&pg=PA798 Latin Music - Musicians, Genres and Themes, Stavans, Ilan - Editor, "Trio Los Panchos" on books.google.com] The three original members were Chucho Navarro, and Alfredo Gil, both from Mexico, and Hernando Avilés from Puerto Rico. All three played guitar and contributed vocally.Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music, Torres, George - Editor. Greenwood, Oxford, England 2013, p. 44-45, 415 {{ISBN|978-0-313-34031-4}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=MX5BXxjwV9cC&dq=Los+Panchos+Trio&pg=PA415 "Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music", Torres, George - Editor, "Trio Los Panchos" on books.google.com]

Los Panchos reached fame with their romantic songs, especially in Latin America where they are still regarded as one of the top trios of all time. They sold millions of records in Latin America and other countries. In the 1940s they collaborated with Alfredo Antonini's Viva America Orchestra with the orchestral accordionist John Serry Sr. in a recording of "La Palma" (a cueca) and "Rosa Negra" (a conga) for Pilotone Records (#45 5067, #45 5069).[https://archive.org/details/78_rosa-negra_alfredo-antonini-and-his-viva-america-orchestra-los-panchos-trio_gbia0030808 La Palma; Rosa Negra - Vocalists Los Panchos Trio and the Viva America Orchestra - Conductor Alfredo Antonini] They also appeared in around 50 movies, mostly during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

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By 1946, the trio's exceptional virtuosity and authenticity had attracted the attention of Edmund Chester at CBS Radio's Cadena de Las Americas (Network of the Americas). [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/viva-america-a-cbs-radio-program-featuring-latin-america-news-photo/905995988?adppopup=true Photograph of Los Panchos Trio] with Manolita Arriola on "Viva America" for CBS Radio in 1946 onn Getty images[https://books.google.com/books?id=ql_sDwAAQBAJ&dq=CBS+Pan+American+Orchestra+Alfredo+Antonini&pg=PT74 Beyond the Black and White TV: Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America. Han, Benjamin M. Rutgers University Press, 2022 La Cadena de las Americas, Edmund Chester, William S. Paley and the Carlos Manuel De Cespedes National Order of Merit on Google Books] Los Panchos were immediately invited to perform as "musical ambassadors" on the network's Viva América program to support cultural diplomacy in twenty countries throughout Latin America and South America.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ql_sDwAAQBAJ&dq=CBS+Pan+American+Orchestra+Alfredo+Antonini&pg=PT74 Beyond the Black and White TV: Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America. Han, Benjamin M. Rutgers University Press, 2022 La Cadena de las Americas, Edmund Chester, William S. Paley and the Carlos Manuel De Cespedes National Order of Merit on Google Books]Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography. Wood, Andrew grant. Oxford university Press 2014 p. 158 ISBN 9780199892464 [https://books.google.com/books?id=lzmTAwAAQBAJ&dq=Los+Panchos+Viva+America&pg=PA158 Los Panchos Trio and Viva America on Google Book]Time - Radio: La Cadena, June 1, 1942 [https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,790530-1,00.html William S. Paley, La Cadena de las Americas on Content.time.com] [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/viva-america-a-cbs-radio-program-featuring-latin-america-news-photo/905995988?adppopup=true Photograph of Los Panchos Trio] with Manolita Arriola on "Viva America" for CBS Radio in 1946 onn Getty images

Los Panchos began touring internationally in 1946 and would relocate later that same year to Mexico City. They were welcomed with open arms and XEW-AM, the most popular radio station in Mexico City, reserved a time slot for their music.Musical Ritual in Mexico City - From the Aztec to NAFTA Pedelty, Mark. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas 2004, {{ISBN|978-0-292-79848-9}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ_UAAAAQBAJ&dq=Los+Panchos+Trio&pg=PT233 "Music Ritual in Mexico City - From the Aztec to NAFTA" Pedelty, Mark, University of Texas Press, "Trio Los Panchos" on books.google.com] In 1951, Los Panchos launched another international tour across Latin America. Julito Rodríguez joined the group in 1952; he was replaced by Johnny Albino in 1958.

In 1964, CBS proposed to the members of the trio, then made up of the two founding members and Johnny Albino, to accompany a female voice for the first time, the American vocalist of Judeo-Spanish descent Eydie Gormé, who had several years of recording experience in the United States and who was just beginning to record in Spanish. The collaboration between Gormé and Los Panchos resulted in a series of bestselling albums in the 1960s such as Great Love Songs In Spanish (titled Amor, in Spanish).Music of Latin America and the Caribbean. Brill, Mark. Routledge, New York, NY 2016, {{ISBN|978-0-131-83944-1}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=W83mDAAAQBAJ&dq=Los+Panchos+Trio&pg=PT142 "Music of Latin America and the Caribbean". Brill, Mark. Routledge, New York, 2016 Chapter 3 - Mexico - "Los Panchos Trio" on books.google.com] The Albino era was one of the most prosperous ones for Los Panchos, and classic albums from that time are still very popular among Los Panchos fans. His departure in 1968 was a tumultuous one, as he did not leave on good terms with the group's management.

In 1971, Ovidio Hernández joined the band as lead vocalist, a part he would fulfill until his untimely passing from complications of meningitis in 1976. Following him, Rafael Basurto Lara joined as lead singer.{{cite web |url=http://www.lospanchos.com/basurto_lara.htm |title=Documento sin título |access-date=2009-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803131005/http://www.lospanchos.com/basurto_lara.htm |archive-date=2009-08-03 }}

Alfredo Gil played with Los Panchos until his retirement in 1981; he died in 1999. Chucho Navarro played with the group until his death in 1993. Currently the trio using the Los Panchos name is the Trio Los Panchos de Chucho Navarro Fundador ("Trio Los Panchos of Founder Chucho Navarro") under the direction of Chucho Navarro Jr., the son of original Los Panchos member Chucho Navarro.

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• 1945 – Mexicantos
• 1946 – La Palma (Trio Los Panchos and the Viva América Orchestra conducted by Alfredo Antonini with John Serry Sr.)[https://archive.org/details/78_rosa-negra_alfredo-antonini-and-his-viva-america-orchestra-los-panchos-trio_gbia0030808 La Palma interpreted by Los Panchos Triocirca 1946 on Archive.org]
• 1949 – Ritmos tropicales
• 1949 – Boleros selectos, Vol. 1
• 1950 – Los Panchos Favorites
• 1955 – Boleros selectos, Vol. 2
• 1955 – Así cantan Los Panchos
• 1956 – Canciones para una noche de lluvia
• 1956 – Vaya con Dios
• 1956 – Canciones del corazón
• 1956 – South Of The Border – Agustín Lara Hits
• 1956 – Mexican Holiday
• 1957 – Eva Garza
• 1958 – Un minuto de amor
• 1959 – Trío Los Panchos y Chucho Martínez Gil
• 1959 – Siete notas de amor
• 1960 – Los Panchos con Johnny Albino cantan
• 1960 – Canciones del corazón
• 1960 – Los favoritos de todo el mundo
• 1960 – Los Panchos en Tokyo
• 1961 – Ciudadanos del mundo
• 1961 – Ambassadors of Song
• 1961 – Ceguera de amor
• 1961 – Los Panchos en Japón
• 1962 – Época de oro
• 1962 – Los Panchos cantan tangos
• 1962 – El Trío Los Panchos interpreta Guty Cárdenas
• 1962 – El pecador
• 1962 – México canta
• 1962 – Favoritos latinos
• 1963 – A mi madrecita
• 1963 – Cantan a Paraguay
• 1963 – Love Songs of the Tropics – Trio Los Panchos Sing the Songs of Rafael Hernández Marín
• 1963 – Romantic Guitars – El Trio Los Panchos Y Las Canciones De Pedro Flores
• 1964 – By Special Request Sing Great Love Songs In English
• 1964 – Caminemos
• 1964 – Amor (Great Love Songs In Spanish) (with Eydie Gormé)
• 1964 – Los Panchos en el Japón
• 1964 – Recuerdos...
• 1965 – More Amor / Cuatro vidas (with Eydie Gormé)
• 1965 – El pescador de estrellas

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• 1965 – Obsesión
• 1965 – Los Panchos en persona
• 1965 – Horas nuestras
• 1966 – Que no te cuenten cuentos
• 1966 – Celoso
• 1966 – Blanca Navidad / Navidad Means Christmas (with Eydie Gormé)
• 1967 – Los Panchos en estéreo, Vol. 1
• 1967 – Con éxitos de Armando Manzanero
• 1967 – En Venezuela
• 1967 – Hey, Amigo! The Trío Los Panchos Sing Great Popular Country Hits in Spanish with The Jordanaires
• 1968 – Los Panchos en estéreo, Vol. 2
• 1968 – Gigliola Cinquetti e il Trio Los Panchos in Messico
• 1968 – Con mariachi
• 1970 – Liliana
• 1970 – Los Panchos En Japón, Vol. 2
• 1970 – Los Panchos Cantan a Agustín Lara
• 1970 – Trío Los Panchos
• 1971 – Volví la espalda
• 1971 – Voces internacionales con Los Panchos
• 1971 – Basura
• 1971 – Háblame
• 1972 – Lo dudo
• 1972 – Frío en el alma
• 1972 – Martha (with Estela Raval)
• 1972 – Quiero
• 1972 – Cantan al Perú
• 1972 – Adulterio
• 1972 – La hiedra
• 1973 – El tiempo que te quede libre
• 1973 – Tú me acostumbraste (with Estela Raval)
• 1974 – Gil, Navarro y Hernández
• 1974 – Yo lo comprendo
• 1976 – Cantan a Latinoamérica
• 1976 – Sabor a mí
• 1977 – Si tú me dices ven (Lodo)
• 1981 – España en la voz de Los Panchos
• 1982 – Los Panchos en Brasil
• 1985 – Homenaje a Carlos Gardel
• 1985 – La nave del olvido
• 1989 – Esencia romántica
• 1991 – Siglo veinte
• 1991 – Triunfamos
• 1991 – Hoy

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• [http://lospanchoschuchonavarro.blogspot.com Official blog of Trio Los Panchos de Chucho Navarro Fundador]

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