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Tony Camargo
Antonio Camargo Carrasco, born in 1926 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican
singer regarded as one of the icons of música típica and a central figure in
Mexican tropical music. He began performing in 1942 on radio, television, and
cinema, and went on to share stages and recordings with Beny Moré in the
orchestra of Chucho Rodríguez, as well as with Agustín Lara and José Alfredo
Jiménez. His debut long-play in 1953 featured the hit "El Año Viejo" with Chucho
Rodríguez's orchestra, a song that spread to audiences across South and Central
America, Spain, the United States, Europe,...
