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About Ramón Ayala
Hometown
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Born
March 10, 1945
Genre
Música Mexicana
Known as the King of the Accordion, Ramón Ayala is a Mexican norteño pioneer who spent more than 50 years taking the genre beyond the cantina and into the mainstream.
∙ Ayala, who started playing accordion as a small child, met singer Cornelio Reyna in 1961 and formed the groundbreaking Los Relámpagos del Norte.
∙ Following Los Relámpagos del Norte’s breakup in 1971, he put together a new outfit, Los Bravos del Norte, which has since released more than 100 albums.
∙ Arriba El Norte Y Arriba El Sur, his 1991 split LP with Mexican singer Vicente Fernández, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Albums chart.
∙ Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte’s catalog includes 12 Platinum albums and 2 LPs that won Latin Grammy Awards for Best Norteño Album: 2000’s Quémame Los Ojos and 2002’s El Numero 100.
∙ With nine Grammy nominations, Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte won the award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album, for the 2001 live LP En Vivo...El Hombre Y Su Música.
Ramón Ayala has also released music as a member of Los Relámpagos del Norte, Ramón Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte, and Los Invasores de Nuevo León.
Influenced by Ramón AyalaRamón Ayala has influenced the music of Jorge Moreno, Rival, Riccy DeLeon and more.
