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Pacho Galán
real name Francisco de Asís Galán Blanco
Pacho Galán is credited on 859 releases across 226 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Credits
226
Albums
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Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
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Colombian musician and composer, born 3 October 1906, died 21 July 1988. Father. Writer of the arguably first merecumbe song Ay Cosita Linda which became a worldwide success after Nat King Cole's cover version.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
859 releases · 226 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 1,135
- Other credits · 22
Studios: Sonomatrix · Estudios Felito · Chappell Hall · Blank Tape Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Nat King Cole
- Billo's Caracas Boys
- Pacho Galan Y Su Orquesta
- La Sonora Matancera
- Los Melódicos
- Mario Y Sus Diamantes
- Nelson Pinedo
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