Prefiero Irme a Vietnam
Musart 45 4631 · Mexico City, Mexico
- Artist
- Mike Laure
- Title
- Prefiero Irme a Vietnam
- Release
- Prefiero Irme a Vietnam / El Electricista
- Label
- Musart # 45 4631
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Songwriter
- Luis Demetrio
- Genre
- Hispanic Music · Cumbia Mexicana
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Latin & Central American, & Caribbean Music
Mike Laure, born 29 September 1939 in El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico, died on 19 November 2000, Mexico City, Mexico. He released the song "Prefiero irme a Vietnam" ("I Prefer to Go to Vietnam") (Musart # 45 4631) in the Cumbia mexicana genre - "popularized in Mexico by Luis Carlos Meyer and Carmen Rivero in the 1950s, Cumbia quickly acquired a distinctive sound through the incorporation of Rock & Roll, Mexican popular music and Cuban influences, such as the adoption of electric instruments (guitar, bass guitar, keyboards), brass ensembles, accordion and Cuban timbales, while retaining a beat-driven mood and traditional Colombian features". (1) Composed by Luis Demetrio.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Musart 45 4631 A, black label with a multicoloured patterned rim, "Made in Hialeah, Fla., U.S.A. by Records Distributors of America"; "Prefiero Irme a Vietnam" (Luis Demetrio). Pink-and-white swirl Discos Musart company sleeve, "Manufactured by: Records Distributors of America, Inc. - Trademark". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 29 September 1939, El Salto, Jalisco, Mexico. Died 19 November 2000, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, Mexico