El Gran Combo in a typical scene with a Puerto Rican flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTheir discipline, good song selection, good promotion from Cuban promoter and record label owner Guillermo Alvarez Guedez, TV exposure, and international tours, kept them in top of the music charts for many years. El\u00a0Gran Combo\u00a0became synonym of the ambassadors of the popular music of Puerto Rico. Eventually, radio and TV personality Mariano Artau nicknamed El Gran Combo “the musical institution of Puerto Rico”. The nickname has\u00a0stuck to this day.<\/p>\n
El Gran Combo Durability as Musical Institution<\/h3>\n Anything in excess is bad, and the overexposure of TV began to impact their commercial performance. Alvarez Guedez decided not to renew their recording contract around 1970. Rafael Ithier decided to decline other label offers and produce “El Combo” recordings under their own label, EGC. This was one of many adjustments El Gran Combo made during their musical journey to remain a top group for 50 years.<\/p>\n
Looking back at their 50 years, there are many practices of this musical institution that are worth examining in other blogs.<\/p>\n
Happy 50th Anniversary to “Los Mulatos del Sabor”!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why did El Gran Combo earn the nickname of “the musical institution of Puerto Rico”, when there were so many other music groups? On their 50th anniversary I want to highlight the impact they’ve had in Latin music and Puerto Rico’s musical landscape. I believe El Gran Combo has lasted 50 years as a top […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[497,56,152,13,293],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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