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El Baile En La Calle by Billo's Caracas Boys

Artist Biography For Billo's Caracas Boys

Billo Frómeta November 15 1915 - May 5 1988 Was A Dominican Orchestra Conductor Arranger And Composer Who Lived And Worked Most Of His Life In Venezuela Where He Is Remembered. Luis María Frómeta Pereira Was Born In Pimentel Duarte Province Dominican Republic On November 15 1915. He Would Move With His Family To San Francisco De Macorís Some Years Later. The School He Attended There Had Compulsory Music Lessons So He Learned Much Of His Musical Training There. In 1930 At The Age Of 15 He Founded And Was The Resident Conductor Of The Banda Del Cuerpo De Bomberos De Ciudad Trujillo Ciudad Trujillo's Fire Brigade's Band . He Also Founded The Orquesta Sinfónica De Santo Domingo During This Time. In 1933 He Moved Back To Santo Domingo. During These Years He Would Meet And Work With Some Of His Closest Friends And Associates Freddy Coronado Ernesto Chapuseaux And Simó Damirón Whom He Already Knew From School . The Conjunto Tropical And The Santo Domingo Jazz Band Were Formed Then As Well. Frómeta Then Began Studying Pre-Medicine In The Universidad De Santo Domingo And Had To Abandon All Musical Activity During This Time. However He Eventually Dropped Out On His Third Year To Dedicate Himself Fully To Music. Frómeta And His Orchestra Arrived In Venezuela In December 1937 With His Orchestra To Play Regularly In A Dance Club In A Caracas The Roof Garden. The Santo Domingo Jazz Band Did Well But The Club Owners Didn't Think The Name Would Stick- So They Had Frómeta Change It To Something More Marketeable. Frómeta Went Along Which Got Him Barred From Ever Returning To His Native Dominican Republic As Trujillo Considered The Change- "Billo's Caracas Boys"- An Insult. Billo Grandes Éxitos A Compilation Album Of The Most Famous Songs Of The Billo's Caracas Boys Was Released In 1996. Frómeta Continued To Play In Venezuela Until The Fall Of Marcos Pérez Jiménez In 1958. Accused Of Being A Supporter Of The Regime He Was Barred By The Asociación Musical Del D.F Y Estado Miranda From Ever Playing In Venezuela Again. Following This He Moved To Cuba To Play With A Cuban Band There. In 1960 A Special Session Of The National Assembly Was Convened In Caracas. The Purpose Was To Lift The Ban Passed On Billo In 1958 Which Was By Then Considered To Have Been Unfair. That Very Same Year Frómeta Returned To Venezuela. On April 27 1988 He Suffered A Stroke While Rehearsing With The Venezuela Symphony Orchestra For A Concert-Tribute In His Honour That Would Occur The Very Next Day Just After He Finished Conducting The Practice Run For "Un Cubano En Caracas" He Collapsed On The Ground As The Orchestra Was Applauding His Performance. Frómeta Died The Following Week On May 5 1988 In Caracas.

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