Luis Alberto del Paraná (21 June 1926 – 15 September 1974) was a Paraguayan singer and guitarist. During the fifties, sixties and early seventies, he traveled extensively around the globe with his group Los Paraguayos, popularizing Paraguayan music.
He was born on 21 June 1926 at 14:30 in Altos, Paraguay. His birth was reported in the magistrates court on 14 August 1926 by his mother, Jacinta Mesa (not Meza). His name was Luis Osmer Meza.
Luis was the fourth son of eight children, of whom one was a girl, Obdulia (Chiquita), a retired singer. Doña Jacinta, Paraná's mother died on 15 August 1965, while Luis was in Stockholm touring in Europe; Luis's father, who was a rural teacher, died in Piripucú, Concepción in 1947.
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Links to Peel[]
Peel played a track from the singer in 1991 via the Bend It! 91 football compilation album. On this occasion, the singer was singing about the Brazilian football player, Pele. No further tracks from the singer were played on his radio programmes.
Shows Played[]
- 01 December 1991: Pelé-"él Ray" (v/a album - Bend It! 91) Exotica