Valdés, Miguelito

Valdés, Miguelito * September 6, 1910 – † November 9, 1978Valdés, MiguelitoMiguelito Valdés Famous for his interpretations of Afro-Cuban songs, Miguel Eugenio Lázaro Zacarás Izquierdo Valdés, known artistically as Miguelito Valdés, was born in Havana, Cuba to a Cuban Spanish father and a Mexican mother. After his father left the family, his mother moved to the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Havana, where the young Valdés met Mario Bauzá, Machito, Chano Pozo, and Arsenio Rodríguez, all of whom would…