76:. The first members of the group were Juan Bustos, Silvestre Mercado, Andres Terrones, Armando Espinoza and Sergio Celeda who had known each other since primary school. Carlos Colorado met this group of friends in 1955 and proposed the formation of a group. The initial name of the band was Conjunto Blanco y Negro but was soon changed to Tropical Santanera. The name Santanera was chosen as a reference to the name of their hometown and because it is phonetically similar to
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56:. The remaining members changed name to Internacional Sonora Santanera. Since the 1980s, little of the band's sound changed although members continued to do so. In the 2000s, more bands appeared using the name of Sonora Santanera as part of their names, leading the orchestra to pursue legal actions and another name change in 2007 to the current name Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado.
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legal problems caused the band to modify its name again in 2007, to its current one La Única
Internacional Sonora Santanera in order to distinguish themselves. This band, which insists it is the only and the original has been involved in legal actions in Mexico and the United States in order to lay sole claim to the name “Sonora Santanera.”
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The oldest members are Arturo Ortiz, the current director, Sergio Celada and
Antonio Méndez. From the original eight members the band has gained and lost members who have either left to pursue other interests or have died. Former members include founding leader, Carlos Colorado, Sonia López, Armando
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Santanera remained popular through the 1960s, especially with the working classes of Mexico City, even though some of the first personnel changes began at this time. Internacional Sonora Santanera continued the tradition of Colorado although it acquire new, younger musicians such as Hugo Rey,
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and many more. The band says that some of its success is due to the fact that the music is “commercial, easy to internalize and understandable.” The group has also stated that although they have created and played new works, audiences tend to want the classics and do not like it if the band changes
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and Jorge Ortiz Martínez, son of Arturo Ortiz. The most recent losses for the orchestra were that of Jorge Ortiz, who died in an automobile accident in 2008 at the age of 41, and Sergio Celada Duarte, who died in 2010 at the age of 70. Tony
Arellano has been the M.C. of the band for many years and
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The band has twelve members: Antonio Méndez on trumpet, Francisco Méndez on trumpet, Sandro Celada on percussion (2003), Arturo Ortiz Martínez on percussion (1973), Rubén Nava on trumpet, Tomás Cruz on vocals, Alfredo Pino Cruz on trumpet, Simón Hernández on vocals, Alfredo Hernández Mejía on bass
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Through the 2000s, the success of the band has spurred the formation of groups using “Sonora
Santanera” as part of the name such as La Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado, which was begun by the son and widow of Carlos Colorado. Another group was formed by former member Gildardo Zárate. These new
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and get a professional record deal under the name of Sonora
Santanera. From that time until 1986, the band changed members, but remained focused on Carlos Colorado, the sole musical arranger for the group. Colorado died in a bus accident in 1986, causing some members to split off and form another
88:. They founded a Mexican tropical style and tradition. From the very beginning, Carlos Colorado was the leader of the band. He created the band's own distinctive version of this tropical orchestra music as the arranger even when it played the same songs as Matancera such as Luces de Nueva York.
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Colorado until his death 1986, when the group's tour bus crashed. Since then, changes to the style have been minimal. However, the loss of Colorado caused division in the original band, causing some members to split off and form another band called Los
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October 2014, the daughter of Carlos Colorado, Norma, announced the start of "La Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado" in the United States of America and appointed Lorenzo Ginez as the leader and managing director of the only group connected to the original family name.
135:. They also became part of the talent pool on this label in 1960. Hits on this album such as La boa and Los aretes de la luna made them famous and they began to tour Latin America and parts of the United States. The only female singer to ever appear with the group was
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The band is part of Mexico's tropical music tradition with its early popularity coming from the popularity of tropical rhythms such as mambo, cha-cha-cha and others reinvented for orchestral bands in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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America. They have released sixty recordings, with their music featured in many films and television shows. They have received awards such as Las Lunas del Auditorio and were featured on a
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in 1962. She is best known for the songs “El ladron”, “Corazón de acero” and "El nido". However, after less than a year, she decided to leave
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Gabriel Alejandro, Benito López and José Paredes. Lorenzo Hernández, who would later take the lead of the group, began as a bassist in 1963.
111:. At this time, their name was changed to Sonora Santanera at the suggestion of Martínez. While in Mexico City, they also studied with the
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Inclan, Ramon (May 21, 2005). "Internacional Sonora Santanera SÓLO HAY UNA" [Internacional Sonora Santanera THERE’S ONLY ONE].
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Inclan, Ramon (July 5, 2003). "Homenaje a la Internacional Sonora Santanera" [Homage to Internacional Sonora Santanera].
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and one by Antonio Méndez. The newest album is called Perfume de Gardenia album and contains some of their classic songs sung by
522:[La "Única Internacional Sonora Santanera", glory of popular Mexican music will be present at the Festival Cervantino].
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Santaneros. The remaining members renamed themselves Internacional Sonora Santanera, and had the support of Colorado's widow.
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Mason, Sarah (July 20, 1997). "Los Buenos Tiempos de La Sonora Santanera" [The Good Times of La Sonora Santanera].
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The group started by performing at various private events, and until 1960, had become very popular. At one event, they met
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Velasco, Eduardo (June 27, 2003). "Fundan y renuevan Sonora Santanera" [Found and renew Sonora Santanera].
308:. It is traditional for the band to play New Year's Eve at the Gran Cena Baile de Fin de Año at the Club Habana in
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354:"La Sonora Santanera: Deslizan la boa 40 anos" [La Sonora Santanera: The boa slithers for forty years].
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