PEDRO FLORES
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Releases
Daniel Santos, Se Me Olvidó Tu Nombre
Chavela Vargas, Chavela Vargas
Felipe Pirela, Boleros
Perlas Cubanas: Pío Leyva, Son Cubano
Ciento por Ciento Boricua, Johnny Rodríguez
Damirón y Su Charanga
Yayo el Indio, Yayo el Indio
Jorge Fernández, Serenata
Johnny Albino y Su Trío San Juan
Delirium, Daniel Santos
Ritmo de la Habana, Senén Suárez
Trio La Rosa, Trío La Rosa
Acerina, Danzones Clásicos
Mi Cafetal, Cuarteto Marcano
Desde Puerto Rico, Sexteto Borinquen De Mike Cruz
Sabor Cubano, Pio Leyva
Alberto Beltrán, Alberto Beltrán
El Trovador Codina
Bolero y Guaracha, Daniel Santos
Mujer Sin Corazón, Trío San Juan
Mexican!, Pedro Vargas
En Mi Viejo San Juan, Los Tres Reyes
Quisiera Ser Golondrina, El Negro Peregrino
Amor de Mi Bohío, Xiomara Alfaro
Luna de Miel, Daniel Santos
El Manisero, Carmen Barros
Day-O, The Banana Boat Song, Daniel Santos
Virgen de Media Noche, Daniel Santos
Primera Época, Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos vs. Antonio Machín
El Cuartito, Panchito Riset
El Rey del Feeling, Luis García
Olvido, Ñico Membiela
Diez Años, Julita Ross
3 Épocas Con..., Los Panchos
Puerto Rico, Davilita
El Cafetero, Cuarteto De Pedro Flores
Cuba y Puerto Rico, Luisito Plá
Fernando Álvarez
Libertad, Mario Hernández
Los Panchos, Los Panchos
Ojos Tapatíos, Julito Rodríguez
El Muerto Vivo, Rolando Laserie
Cuba Travel Songs. Son De Cuba
Virgen de Media Noche, Sexteto Borinquen (Mario Hernández)
The First Panchos, Los Panchos
Caribe Vintage Lounge, Various Artists
De Cuba a Puerto Rico
Los Panchos vs. Trío Calaveras
Así Bailaba Puerto Rico
Nuestros Boleros Vol 2, Varios Artistas
Vintage Cuba Lounge
Videos
Biography
Pedro Flores born (March 9, 1894 – July 14, 1979) was one Puerto Rico’s best known composers of ballads and boleros.
Flores (birth name: Pedro Juan Flores Córdova) was one of twelve children born into a poor family in the town of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Flores’ father died when he was only nine years old and therefore, he was forced to work at a young age.
When he was sixteen years old, he took a special course in the University of Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico) and received his teachers certificate.Pedro Flores taught for five years and worked for one year at a sugar mill in the island of Vieques. In 1918, he served in a clerical position in the U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged from the Army when he was twenty-four years old.
In 1926, Pedro Flores went to New York without any formal musical education and joined another Puerto Rican composer, Rafael Hernández in his Trío Borinquen. Even though Flores and Hernández became very good friends, they also became competitors as composers. When Pedro Flores wrote “Sin Bandera”, Hernández rushed and wrote Preciosa.
In 1930, Pedro Flores formed his own trio which he named “Trío Galón”, and whose music and songs had a faster beat then the “Trío Borinquen”. Flores had problems with the music publishing company and he abandoned the trio. He moved to Mexico and then lived in Cuba for a short period of time. Flores eventually returned to New York where he reorganized his old trio. Some of the singers of this new trio were Myrta Silva, Daniel Santos and Pedro Ortiz Dávila “Davilita”.
Pedro Flores died in San Juan, Puerto Rico on July 14, 1979 and is buried in Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery located in Old San Juan