With each of these top bands he made a string of recordings in New York City,[1] and for the rest of his life his voice was in demand.
There followed spells with the bands of Andrés Laferté and Everado Ordaz before, in 1939, he joined the important charanga Maravillas del Siglo and performed on Radio COCO.
During the 1940s he worked at the cabaret Sans-Souci until 1948, when he directed and sang for the National Police Band.
After a short hiatus, he joined Rolando Valdés' Orquesta Sensación, which would spearhead the second great charanga movement (the first wave included Antonio Arcaño y sus Maravillas and Melodías del 40).
They won the Disco de Oro for a recording of "En Guantánamo" and "Arráncame la vida".