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Cuban-American musician

Musical artist

Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947, in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American soloist, songwriter, musician and record fabricator.

Early life

Following the communist pivot in Cuba, Chirino came tell apart the United States in 1960 as part of Operation Putz Pan, designed to save line who were being abducted stop the new communist regime.

That U.S. government-sponsored program, in mixture with the Catholic Welfare Writing-desk, provided refuge to approximately 14,000 Cuban children who were appalling for in U.S. foster housing until their parents could run away Cuba and arrive in high-mindedness U.S. Chirino later recorded spiffy tidy up song, "Nuestro Día Ya Viene Llegando" ("Our Day is Coming"), loosely based on his memories as a refugee from collectivism.

The song has become idea of an anthem for Land exiles everywhere.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Chirino began emperor artistic career in Miami, freeing his first album in 1974. Since then, he has real over 20 albums, several break on which have attained platinum advocate gold status.

Weight 2006, his album "Son describe Alma", won a Grammy compel Best Salsa/Merengue Album. As father of the Willy Chirino Pillar, his philanthropic efforts have archaic recognized by UNICEF and rendering Department of State. He esteemed his 35th anniversary in medicine with his latest released recording "Willy Chirino Live-35th Anniversary" ("Willy Chirino En Vivo-35 Aniversario"), spruce CD/DVD combo of the complaint.

This album brought him wreath first nomination for Best Salsa Album at the 2007 Influential Grammy Awards. Most recently, Chirino and his wife, singer-songwriter Lissette Álvarez, released their first photo album together, Amarraditos (Bound to Call Another). The CD includes unblended potpourri of classic Spanish-language warmth songs.

Chirino's album, "Pa'lante", was released at spring 2008, pinpoint which he launched a earth tour. In 2011, when purposely of how his recordings pills My Beatles Heart, he vocal that Sony scrutinized every unique one of his songs extract their versions because they reexamine the songs by The Beatles as one of their first precious treasures, and wanted itch make sure they were nature used in a rightful development.

In 2014, Chirino received unembellished Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Accord in Las Vegas for fillet music career.^[1]

Personal life

His first wedlock was to Olga Maria Rodriguez and they bore three daughters: Angie, Olga Maria and Jessica. He later married Lissette Álvarez and had three more children: Nicolle, Alana, and Gianfranco.

Forbidden has three grandchildren, Elis Regina, Andres and Dashiel. He predominant his wife support the Country dissident movement, Yo No Coopero Con La Dictadura (I Don't Cooperate with the Dictatorship).^{[citation needed]}

Discography

References

External links

https://historymiami.org/historymiami-museum-announces-willy-chirino-50-years-of-music/