Moisés Canelas Withol, was born on July 9, 1950, in the village of Francia, of the municipality of Limón, department of Colón in the republic of Honduras.
As a teenager looking for ways to earn money singing, he joined the Banda Los Robbin´s of La Ceiba along with his childhood friend Ricardo Pereira.
Later he performed in the group Happy Boy's in Tela, Honduras, where he wrote his first hit song, Noche de luna en La Ceiba.
Moisés Canelo's song "Yo también soy sentimental" from this recording was heard on Central American radios in the seventies and early eighties.
"“Esta Cobardía", "Un buen Perdedor" and "Mensajero del Amor" provided the official theme of the visit of the pontiff John Paul II to Central America in the month of March 1983 .
Honduran journalist Víctor Donaire, in an interview with the newspaper El Heraldo considers Moisés Canelo "the most romantic voice that has lasted the longest on the national artistic scene".
Among famous Hispanoamerican musicians, he performed with : Armando Manzanero, Carlos Lico, Camilo Sesto, Gualberto Castro, José José, Juan Gabriel, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Miguel Aceves Mejía, Moarés Moreira, Los Ángeles Negros, Pedro Vargas, Roberto Carlos, Rocío Jurado, Sandro and Vicente Fernández, among others.
In events and contests such as election of Miss Honduras, Gala Dinners and Dances in La Casa del Hondureño in Glendale 2012, and Miami in February 2016.