Mexican singer and saxophonist Rodolfo “Fito” Olivares has died. He was 75 years outdated.
Olivares handed away at his house in Houston on Friday (March 17), based on his spouse, Griselda Olivares, The Related Press reports. He was recognized with most cancers in 2022.
Born in Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1947, Olivares spent the final 50 years as a musician making back-to-back hits that soundtracked households from weddings to quinceañeras and multigenerational households in Latin America and the U.S.
He was greatest recognized for his saxophone-powered cumbia anthems akin to “Juana La Cubana,” “El Colesterol,” “Aguita de Melón,” “Cumbia de la Cobra” and “La Gallina.” Olivares acquired his begin in music as a young person taking part in with and writing music for teams akin to Duet Estrella, Tam and Tex. He later shaped his personal band known as Fito Olivares y su Grupo La Pura Sabrosura in Houston in 1980.
Together with his band, he scored 10 entries on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart, together with one prime 10. “El Colesterol” peaked at No. 4 on the tally (dated Dec. 24, 1994). Fito Olivares y su Grupo additionally entered seven titles within the High Latin Albums chart.
Mexican norteño singer Ramón Ayala took to social media to honor Olivares with a heartfelt submit.
“It’s with nice lament that I’m discovering out about your passing, my expensive colleague, however greater than something my buddy The King of Cumbia. Thanks on your music, your dedication and professionalism onstage. La Pura Sabrosura as your distinctive rhythm together with your saxophone, with which you’re now serenading God. From king to king, relaxation in peace my brother. Mild to your soul and your everlasting relaxation.”
Within the feedback, followers reacted to the information with feedback akin to “solely good recollections due to his music” and “childhood recollections, in all events and in all houses we’d hearken to cumbia by Fito Olivares.”
See Ayala’s tribute under.
