Ibrahim Ferrer. They performed at private functions and the two youths managed to scrape together enough money to live. Over the next few years, Ferrer would perform with many musical groups, including Conjunto Sorpresa and Orquesta Chepin-Choven. The leader of the latter composed one of Ferrer's biggest hits, "El Platanal de Bartolo". Wikipedia
Alonso's band moved to Havana in 1959, and Ferrer stayed with that group for more than twenty years. www.worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=780
Havana, Cuba - Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died yesterday, August 6, at CIMEQ hospital in Havana (Cuba). www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20050807080346827
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Ibrahim Ferrer. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Ferrer
