Cuban singer Benny Moré’s tomb to be declared National Monument

“Benny Moré (August 24, 1919 – February 19, 1963), considered by many fans of Cuban music as the greatest Cuban singer of all time, was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master all the genres of Cuban music, including son montuno, mambo, guaracha, guajira, cha cha cha, Afro-Cuban, canción, guaguancó, and bolero.

To celebrate the legendary singer’s life, the Cuban government will declare his tomb a National Monument on September 19, at the conclusion of the traditional mass pilgrimage to his resting place in his Central Cuban hometown of Santa Isabel de las Lajas, in Cienfuegos Province.”

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