Segundo Aurelio Rosero Itáz, born July 31, 1961, is an Ecuadorian
singer-songwriter and record producer whose career spanned over 40 years. He
began imitating bird calls at age 3 and joined local pop and ballad bands as a
vocalist at age 14. In 1976, he moved to Quito, released his debut album Segundo
Rosero y su guitarra, and co-founded the group Los Hermanos Rosero. The 1978
release of Grandes éxitos established him as a performer of Ecuadorian pasillo
and boleros, pioneering the “rockola” genre—a fusion of pasillo and traditional
bolero—which led Peruvian media to recognize hi...