Paquito Cordero
Paquito Cordero | |
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Santurce, Puerto Rico | |
Died | June 30, 2009 |
Occupation(s) | Comedian and television producer |
Relatives | Mapy Cortés (aunt) |
Paquito Cordero (October 16, 1932 – June 30, 2009), was a pioneer of Puerto Rican television. He was also a comedian and a musical and television producer.
Early years
Cordero (birth name: Francisco Cordero Baez
Artistic career
Cordero auditioned for a role in a comedy skit which was transmitted through Radio El Mundo and was subsequently hired. He did this in his spare time. His aunt Mapy and her husband Fernando returned to the island and presented an idea for a comedy show to Ángel Ramos, owner of El Mundo Enterprises. On March 28, 1954, Puerto Rico received its first television transmission from Angel Ramos' WKAQ-TV Telemundo Channel 2. Among the first comedy shows to go on the air was "Mapy Y Papi" with Mapy and Fernando Cortés, María Judith Franco and Paquito Cordero.[1][2][3]
During this period in his life, he fell in love with one of the show's dancers, a young girl by the name of Nora. He soon divorced his first wife and asked Nora to marry him. She accepted and together they had a son, Santiago.[4]
Paquito Cordero Productions
In the 1960s, Cordero formed his own production company which he named Paquito Cordero Productions, Inc. His younger sister, Bertita, became his assistant and eventually his younger brother, Jorge, would also join the company as a future co-producer. On January 11, 1965, Telemundo transmitted the first program produced by Paquito called
Television programs produced by Cordero
Cordero also produced the following shows which were popular in Puerto Rico:
- El Show de las 12 with "Los Alegres Tres", Silvia, Chapuseaux y Damiron with Clarissa, Militza (La India) and Mary Stull.
- "El Show Sultana", with "Los Hispanos", and Tito Lara
- "2 a Go Go", with Julio Angel& Tammy
- "Walter, las Estrellas Y Usted" (Walter, the Stars and You), with Walter Mercado
- "Mi Hippie Me Encanta" (I love my hippie) with Yoyo Boing, Rosita Velazquez, Johanna Ferrán, Raquel Montero and Myrna de Casenave
- "En Broma y en Serio" (Joking and Seriously), with Dagmar
- "Su Estrella Favorita" (Your Favorite Star)
- "El Show de Chucho", (Chucho's Show), with Chucho Avellanet"
- "En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi", (In Juanma & Wiwis' Home), with Awilda Carbia, and Juan Manuel Lebrón
- "Estudio Alegre & Musicomedia", (Cheerful Studio & Musicomedy), with Adrian Garcia and Juan Manuel Lebrón
- "La Gente Joven de Menudo/Menudomania", with Puerto Rican music group Menudo.
- "Los Kakucómicos", with Adalberto Rodriguez, Machuchal, and Shorty Castro, among many others
- "La Pensión de Doña Tere", (Lady Tere's Guesthouse), with Norma Candal, and
- "Noche de Gala", (Gala Night Ball), with Eddie Miró, and in different periods of time co-hosted by, Marisol Malaret, Deborah Carthy Deu, Marilyn Pupo and Gilda Haddock.
- "Wilson Wilson", with Wilson Torres, Alfonso Alemán and others.
- "Mi Familia", with Otilio Warrington, Judith Pizarro and others.
- "Xclusivo", with Kobbo Santarrosa and Eddie Miró.
On April 14, 1983, Telemundo was sold to John Blair and Co. and finally, in 2004 became part of the
On May 6, 2004, television producers Paquito Cordero and Tommy Muñiz received a special recognition on behalf of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico as part of the celebration of the 50 years of uninterrupted transmission on the Telemundo and Televicentro channels.
Telemundo stops transmitting local programs
On February 25, 2005, Telemundo canceled Paquito Cordero's "El Show de las 12", the longest-running television show in Puerto Rico. Telemundo no longer transmits locally produced television programs and thus, is no longer a source of income to the local artistic class.
On the last airing of the show, Eddie Miró took the microphone and said these words:
Spanish (original version) |
English
translation |
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"Señoras y Señores...,
"El Show de las 12" ha muerto". |
"Ladies and Gentlemen...,
"The 12 O'Clock Show" has died." |
Musical producer
At one point in his life, Cordero owned a music label, named Hit Parade. One of the acts that Cordero produced albums for was the well-known Merengue band, Conjunto Quisqueya.[5]
Later years
In 2007, Cordero, produced a remake of "Noche de Gala", (Gala Night Ball), broadcast by
See also
Notes
- Spanish name, the first or paternal surnameis Cordero and the second or maternal family name is Baez.
References
- ^ a b c Popular Culture
- ^ Historia de Sammy y El Combo de Rafael Cortijo Archived 2008-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Machuchal". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ Tino Acosta
- ^ "Conjunto Quisqueya: Un fenómeno en la historia del merengue". 21 July 2012.
- ^ El Nuevo Dia
- ^ Ultimo adios a Paquito Cordero