Aniceto Molina Aguirre (17 April 1939 – 30 March 2015) was a Colombian cumbia singer-songwriter and accordionist who began playing the instrument at the age of 12. His career lasted for more than four decades. He was popular in Latin American countries.
In 1984, he moved to San Antonio, Texas. Some of his most successful songs include "La Cumbia Sampuesana", "El Campanero", "La Gorra" and "La Burrita". Molina formed his group "Los Sabaneros" in 1979.
Death
Molina died on 30 March 2015 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of 75, due to a bacterial infection in his lungs. He had been hospitalized since February.
Discography
Cumpliendo un sueño (1960)
Vol. 2 (1962)
Para bailar (1964)
Playas marinas (1966)
El Salvador vallenato (1968)
La laguna sabanera (1970)
Cumbias con mariachi (1971)
La bicicleta (1972)
Josefina (1973)
Tropicales (1974)
Cumbias y más cumbias (1975)
Inmortales (1976)
Vallenato mexicano (1977)
A solas con mi acordeón (1978)
Brindemos por las mujeres (1979)
10 años tequila y cerveza (1980)
El poeta del amor (1981)
Vámonos de rumba (1982)
Por ustedes (1983)
Cumbia tropical (1984)
Gracias México (1985)
Los Sabaneros de Molina (1987)
Puro vallenato (1989)
Así es Colombia (1990)
El rey de Colombia (1991)
El rey de la cumbia (1992)
Las mujeres de... (1993)
Vallenato (1995)
Texas ya baila... que chimba (1995)
Mucha quebradita (1996)
De Vallenato a Cumbia (1997)
El Tigre Sabanero (1998)
De parranda con... (1998)
El burro moro (1999)
Puro movimiento (2000)
El cóndor legendario (2001)
Embajador de la cumbia y vallenato clásico (2002)
Aniceto Molina En Vivo (2002)
Fiesta cumbiambera (2002)
El Peluquero Salvatrucha (2002)
Las 16 de Tony (2003)
El Garrobero (2004)
Vendí mi moto (2004)
La Machaca (2004)
Como siempre echando pa'lante (2004)
Más sabroso que nunca (2005)
México y Colombia (2006)
Mi sombrero sabanero (2006)
La trayectoria (2007)
El Toro de tres palos (2008)
Señor tabernero (2008)
La Mariscada (2009)
Sembrando café (2009)
Ayer, Hoy y Mañana (Cuando el hombre llega a viejo) (2010)
↑Where his kids grew up and where his only son who plays and writes music Antonio Molina, and is where he’s takes over his dad's legacy"A.R.C. Discos proudly announces the signing of Aniceto Molina to their roster of artists"[link removed], hispanicbusiness.com, 10 December 2003; accessed 30 March 2015.
↑Burr, Ramiro (20 August 2004). "Entre cumbias y vallenatos". San Antonio Express-News. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
