Bienvenido Granda

He discovered his talent for singing various Cuban rhythms and tango as a child when he sang for spare change on buses in Cuba.

Bienvenido Granda performed, recorded and achieved his greatest success with La Sonora Matancera until 1954, the year in which he began his solo career, having left the group after a bitter argument with Rogelio Martínez, its director, over money.

El bigote que canta wanted to be paid more than his fellow band members even though La Sonora was a cooperative.

His legacy with the band is unmatched as no vocalist recorded more songs with La Sonora Matancera than Bienvenido Granda.

[citation needed] After leaving Sonora Matancera Bienvenido Granda performed in several Latin American countries.