Real name: Combo Camagüey

Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1982

Members: Santiago Salas (2), Luis A. Espinosa, Armando Bia, Oscar Roda

Combo Camagüey was a Uruguayan tropical music group. It emerged in the 1960s and existed until the 1990s. The orchestra was directed by Armando Bia. The main vocalists were Jorge Vallejo and Santiago "Chileno" Salas. Other members were "Paqui" Vignole, Alexis Buenseñor, Juan Verrone, Neldo Castro, Rodolfo Martínez and Victor Morín. It was one of the most important orchestras in the history of tropical music in his country. It had great popularity mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977 his album For export received the distinction of being the best-selling album of the year in his country.

Discography:

Esto es el Combo Camagüey (1965, Clave) LP
Vol. 2 (1966, Clave) LP
Si preguntan por mí (1968, Clave) LP
Para todos (a mis hermanos) (1971, Clave) LP
Todo será mejor (1972, Clave) LP
Los alegres chicos (1974, Clave) LP
Punto y coma... en serio y en broma... (1975, Clave) LP
For Export (1976, (Macondo) LP
Opus 9 (1977, Macondo) LP
Personal (1978, Macondo) LP
El duelo (junto a Sonora Borinquen) (1979, Macondo) LP
Encuentros cercanos con 9 tipos (1979, Sondor) LP
For Export Vol.2 (1979, Sondor) LP
El duelo (junto a Sonora Borinquen) Reedición (1980, Sondor) LP
Avalancha (1980, Sondor) LP
Hechicera (1981, Sondor) LP
La Diferencia (1981, Sondor) LP
En la Tierra de... (1982, Sondor) LP
A Toda Máquina (1984, Sondor) LP
Olvida tus penas (1987, Orfeo) LP
Cinturón negro en sabor (1988, Orfeo) LP
Internacional (1989, Orfeo) LP
Como siempre (1989, Orfeo) Cass
Si yo tuviera un palacio (1990, Orfeo) Cass
Con sabor a café (1991, Orfeo) Cass
La banda que manda (1992, Orfeo) Cass
Amor de primavera (1992, Orfeo) Cass
La salsa grande (1993, Orfeo) Cass
Por siempre Armando (1994, Orfeo) Cass
Ayer y hoy (1995, Orfeo) Cass