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Trio Vegabajeño was a legendary Puerto Rican popular music trio that existed from 1943 to the early 80s. This group marked an era of popular music in Puerto Rico. When trios where very popular in the Americas, Trio Vegabajeño was considered the ambassadors from Puerto Rico. ''Vegabajeño'' is the demonym for people of the town of Vega Baja. Eventually they were recognized as the National Trio of Puerto Rico〔(Vintage Music - Trio Vegabajeño )〕 and on October 26, 1996 a monument was inaugurated in Vega Baja. ==History== Trio Vegabajeño was informally formed in 1943 at the Tortuguero Military Camp of Vega Baja by Fernandito Álvarez who gathered a few co-workers (Octavio González and Benito de Jesús) to put together a few musical numbers. A friend, Rafael Quiñones Vidal, came up with the name for the trio. Shortly after they recorded their first song "Llanto de mar". At the time only Fernandito Alvarez and Benito de Jesus did both vocals and guitar while Octavio González only played guitar. In 1945 Octavio González was recruited by the US Army and the trio brought Pepito Maduro, also a singer, as the replacement. The group now had an all singers line-up and became pioneers of this new style. During this line-up Guillermo Venegas Lloveras composed their theme song ''Tema - Trío Vegabajeño'' in which aside from describing the town of Vega Baja they also state what town is each one from: () ''"Yo soy de Vega Baja (I am from Vega Baja)'' () ''Barceloneta es mi pueblo (Barceloneta is my town)'' () ''Humacao fue mi cuna (Humacao was my cradle)..."'' Although being a trio, the group became a quartet in 1952 when Jorge Hernandez (requinto player) joined the group. They didn't change the name of the group. This was one of their most successful line-up and even though was not the original, it was sometimes referred to as the "original" or "authentic" line-up.〔(triomania - Trio Vegabajeño )〕 After the departure of Jorge and Benito, the trio had different line-ups. The only living member of the quartet line-up (1952–65) is Jorge Hernandez. In 2002, the group was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trio Vegabajeño」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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