Aniceto Molina

Aniceto Molina Aguirre (17 April 1939 – 30 March 2015) was a Colombian cumbia singer-songwriter and accordionist who began playing the instrument at the age of 12.^[1][2] His career lasted for more than four decades. He was popular in Latin American countries.^[3]

Aniceto Molina
Background information
Birth name	Aniceto Molina Aguirre
Born	(1939-04-17)17 April 1939 Montería, Colombia
Died	30 March 2015(2015-03-30) (aged 75) San Antonio, Texas, United States
Genres	Cumbia vallenato
Occupations	Singer songwriter

Life

Molina was born in El Campano, Córdoba, Colombia,^[4] and lived in Mexico City, Mexico from 1973 to 1984.

In 1984, he moved to San Antonio, Texas.^[5] Some of his most successful songs include "La Cumbia Sampuesana", "El Campanero", "La Gorra" and "La Burrita". Molina formed his group "Los Sabaneros" in 1979.^[6]

Death

Aniceto Molina died on 30 March 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 75,^[7] due to a bacterial infection in his lungs. He had been hospitalized since February.^[2]

Discography

• Cumpliendo un sueño (1960)
• Vol. 2 (1962)
• Para bailar (1964)
• Playas marinas (1966)
• El Salvador vallenato (1968)
• La laguna sabanera (1970)
• Cumbias con mariachi (1971)
• La bicicleta (1972)
• Josefina (1973)
• Tropicales (1974)
• Cumbias y más cumbias (1975)
• Inmortales (1976)
• Vallenato mexicano (1977)
• A solas con mi acordeón (1978)
• Brindemos por las mujeres (1979)
• 10 años tequila y cerveza (1980)
• El poeta del amor (1981)
• Vámonos de rumba (1982)
• Por ustedes (1983)
• Cumbia tropical (1984)
• Gracias México (1985)
• Los Sabaneros de Molina (1987)
• Puro vallenato (1989)
• Así es Colombia (1990)
• El rey de Colombia (1991)
• El rey de la cumbia (1992)
• Las mujeres de... (1993)
• Vallenato (1995)
• Texas ya baila... que chimba (1995)
• Mucha quebradita (1996)
• De Vallenato a Cumbia (1997)
• El Tigre Sabanero (1998)
• De parranda con... (1998)
• El burro moro (1999)
• Puro movimiento (2000)
• El cóndor legendario (2001)
• Embajador de la cumbia y vallenato clásico (2002)
• Aniceto Molina En Vivo (2002)
• Fiesta cumbiambera (2002)
• El Peluquero Salvatrucha (2002)
• Las 16 de Tony (2003)
• El Garrobero (2004)
• Vendí mi moto (2004)
• La Machaca (2004)
• Como siempre echando pa'lante (2004)
• Más sabroso que nunca (2005)
• México y Colombia (2006)
• Mi sombrero sabanero (2006)
• La trayectoria (2007)
• El Toro de tres palos (2008)
• Señor tabernero (2008)
• La Mariscada (2009)
• Sembrando café (2009)
• Ayer, Hoy y Mañana (Cuando el hombre llega a viejo) (2010)
• El machito (2013)
• Desde el Cielo (2015)
• Desde el Cielo Vol. 2 (2015)
• La Despedida (2015) -Sang by Edson Molina

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Aniceto Molina". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
2. Fallece Aniceto Molina tras una complicación pulmonar, La Prensa (Honduras), 30 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
3. Ramírez, Sigfredo (25 December 2012). "Las mil fiestas del Tigre Sabanero". La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
4. "Muere el músico colombiano Aniceto Molina, 'El Tigre Sabanero'" (in Spanish). CNN Mexico. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
5. Where his kids grew up and where his only son who plays and writes music Antonio Molina , and is where he’s takes over his dads legacy"A.R.C. Discos proudly announces the signing of Aniceto Molina to their roster of artists"^{[permanent dead link]}, hispanicbusiness.com, 10 December 2003; accessed 30 March 2015.
6. Burr, Ramiro (20 August 2004). "Entre cumbias y vallenatos". San Antonio Express-News. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
7. Famed Colombian Accordionist Aniceto Molina, “El Embajador de la Cumbia”, Has Passed Away, Sounds and Colours, 31 March 2015