Real name: Vicente Garrido Calderón

Mexican composer focused on bolero. (Ciudad de México, 1924 - Guadalajara, Jalisco, 2003) is known as “El padre del bolero moderno” (=The father of modern bolero).

Popular songs are "No me platiques más”, “Coincidencias”, “Diferencia”, “El Romance de la Entrega”, “En Tu Lugar”, “Paradoja”, “Siempre Nuevo”, “Te Me Olvidas”, “Tengo el Secreto”, “Una Semana Sin Ti” among others.

His songs has been recorded by artists such Lucho Gatica, Pedro Infante, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Nat King Cole, Luis Miguel, Gualberto Castro, Víctor Yturbe, Amparo Montes, Tania Libertad, Pedro Vargas, Olga Guillot, Bola de Nieve y Pablo Milanés among others.