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Luis Enrique Martínez

Luis Enrique Martínez is credited on 370 releases across 85 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

370

Pressings credited

85

Albums

7

Decades active

1

In collections

Biography

Luis Enrique Martínez Argote (1922 or 1923–1995), also known as El Pollo Vallenato, was a Colombian musician and songwriter. Martínez was one of the first to record accordion music in Colombia, alongside Abel Antonio Villa. He won the accordion competition of the Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata in 1973, and was described by Julio Oñate Martínez as "one of the greatest accordion players and performers in the history of vallenato music."

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

370 releases · 85 albums · active 1960–2025

  • Performance · 467
  • Other credits · 2

Studios: Compañía Colombiana de Discos S.A."Codiscos" · Estudios Discos Victoria · Ingesón · HC&F Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Samim (2)
  • Shaggy
  • Diomedes Díaz
  • Binomio De Oro
  • Wilfrido Vargas
  • Leonor González Mina
  • Luis Enrique Martínez Y Su Conjunto

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