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About Beto Quintanilla
Artist Biography
Beto Quintanilla never had any formal music training, although he frequently composed songs and poems as a child.
∙ To help support his family, at age 13 Quintanilla started working at a cattle ranch, where he also composed songs for musician friends and local groups.
∙ Local music executive Ruben Polanco pushed Quintanilla to start performing his own songs, and by the late ’70s he’d recorded several hits, including “Pancho La Sota.”
∙ Known as El Mero León del Corrido (The Boss Lion of the Corrido), Quintanilla—whose songs often recounted tales of drug smuggling—was one of the biggest stars of the narcocorrido genre.
∙ Quintanilla’s “Raquenel Villanueva” and “El Calabazo” are two of the most frequently covered corridos in Northern Mexico.
∙ Tragedias Reales de la Vida, released just two days before his death in 2007, went on to be his most successful album and was a Billboard Top 200 hit.
Hometown
Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico
Genre
Latin
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