Trio Los Condes

{{Short description|Puerto Rican music trio}}

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Trio Los Condes is a Puerto Rican music trio that has had international success throughout Latin America and in the United States. The trio released several albums, including collaborations with Tito Lara, Armando Manzanero, Julio Angel,{{cite web|url=https://prpop.org/biografias/julio-angel/|title=Julio Ángel|work=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular - San Juan, Puerto Rico}} Manny Manuel and others. The trio was formed in 1959 in Manhattan, New York City. The original members were Rafael "Rafita" Maldonado, lead singer and guitar; José Luis "Tato" Díaz Rodríguez, second harmony singer and guitar; and Fernando Ramos,{{cite web |last1=Torres Torres |first1=Jaime |title=Obsequian reliquia a la Fundación |url=https://prpop.org/2017/08/obsequian-reliquia-a-la-fundacion/ |website=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular |access-date=14 May 2021}} requinto player, third harmony singer and director.Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | San Juan, Puerto Rico: Trio Los Condes. Published 6 July 2014. Accessed 8 November 2016. https://prpop.org/biografias/trio-los-condes/{{cite news |title=50 aniversario del Trio Los Condes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/574509749/?terms=Trio%20Los%20Condes&match=1 |access-date=14 May 2021 |work=Daily News (New York) |date=April 14, 2010}}

Their career spanned more than 4 decades. In the 1960s, the Trio played at international venues as far as Montreal, Canada.{{cite news |title=Chateau Madrid starring nightly: Trio Los Condes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/420955215/?terms=Trio%20Los%20Condes&match=1 |access-date=14 May 2021 |work=The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec) |date=May 23, 1963}} In 2017, the Trio was still actively performing at local venues.Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular | Celebración de Trios en Guayama Published 13 May 2017. Accessed 14 May 2021. https://prpop.org/2017/05/celebracion-de-trios-en-guayama/