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His fusion of tight tropical rhythms with American rock & roll earned Mike Laure the title "El Rey del Trópico." Born in Jalisco in 1939, Laure grew up listening to an assortment of cross-the-border rockers; he even borrowed the name for his group, Las Cometas, from his favorite, <a href="spotify:artist:2XBzvyw3fwtZu4iUz12x0G">Bill Haley</a>'s band. Laure tempered his rock & roll inclinations with Cumbia rhythms learned from Colombia's <a href="spotify:artist:13or1Wf6ipcvSIiurZATvw">Sonora Dinamita</a>. The fusion sparked a whole new style of music, termed chunchaca, and Laure scored many Mexican hits during the mid-'60s, including "Banda Borracha," "Rajita de Canela," and "Tiburón, Tiburón." During the early '70s, the most important facet of Laure's band, his cousin <a href="spotify:artist:4vidKEkrzEnYWOuLcglMpw">Chelo</a>, left for a successful solo career. Despite a few more hits during the mid-'70s, Mike Laure's popularity waned by the 1980s. He was debilitated by a 1990 stroke, though he returned to live performance on a limited basis. Laure's influence stayed strong, however, among several generations of Cumbia artists, from <a href="spotify:artist:5fKc00Wh60ggl0QptZ2aBx">Rigo Tovar</a> in the '70s to <a href="spotify:artist:4VRHPqW54KVxJAhUWNKjNF">Fito Olivares</a> in the '80s to <a href="spotify:artist:34ruh8tw60p6pBqO5xIHTA">Yahari</a> in the '90s. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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