Jorge Celedón also known as Jorgito Celedón (born March 4, 1968 in Villanueva, La Guajira) is a Colombian musician, singer of vallenato music. Celedón was one of the backup singers for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America who joined after the death of Rafael Orozco Maestre. In 1998, he decided to create his own vallenato group and teamed with accordionist Jimmy Zambrano.[1]Contents [hide] 1 As a child 2 Latin Grammy 3 Jorge Celedon's Work With Son De Cali 4 Discography 4.1 With Jimmy Zambrano 5 See also 6 References 7 External links
[edit] As a child
Celedon grew up singing vallenato making him a very good singer. His first performance was with his uncle Daniel Celedón, in his own group called Doble Poder (Double Power). This helped him to become a great star of vallenato by the time he was an adult. [edit] Latin Grammy
Celedon and his vallenato group were nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards on August 29, 2007 in Miami. At the 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held on November 8, 2007 in Las Vegas, United States, Celedón and accordionist Jimmy Zambrano received the award in the category Cumbia/Vallenato for their album Son... Para El Mundo (Sony BMG Music/North) .[2] In July 2008, he performed in front of president George W. Bush at an event at the White House in celebration of Colombian independence day. [edit] Jorge Celedon's Work With Son De Cali
On Friday June 6, 2008, it was confirmed that Celedon Was working on a new song along Salsa group Son De Cali. The song is to be named "De lo nuevo... lo mejor" [edit] Discography
Binomio de Oro de América
Jorge Celedon, Jimmy Zambrano, and their performance group perform during the celebration of Colombian Independence Day Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in the East Room of the White House. 1993 - Todo Corazón 1994 - De la Mano con el Pueblo 1995 - Lo Nuestro
Jean Carlos Centeno and Jorgito Celedon became lead singers 1996 - A su Gusto 1997 - Seguimos por lo Alto 1998 - 2000 1999 - Más cerca de tí [edit] With Jimmy Zambrano 2001 - Romántico Como Yo 2002 - Llevame en Tus Sueños 2003 - Canto Vallenato 2004 - Nuevas Canciones del Alma 2004 - ¡Juepa je! 2006 - Son... Para el Mundo 2009 - La invitacion [edit] See also Binomio de Oro de America