Alfredo de Jesús Gutiérrez Vital (born April 17, 1940) is a Colombian accordion player and singer famous for winning the "

Vallenato Legend Festival The Vallenato Legend Festival ( es, Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata) is one of the most important musical festivals in Colombia. The festival features a vallenato music contests for best performer of accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca ...

" three times (since then he is known as the King of Kings). He was born in

Palo Quemao Palo may refer to: Places * Palo, Argentina, a village in Argentina * Palo, Estonia, village in Meremäe Parish, Võru County, Estonia * Palo, Huesca, municipality in the province of Huesca, Spain * Palo, Iowa, United States, a town located with ...

, Colombia, and began playing accordion when he was four. In 1960 he started his professional career as a musician, but it was in 1968 when he consolidated his career when he got a deal with Codiscos record label and produced an album that gave him national acclaim. He was part of the famous music group

Los Corraleros de Majagual Los Corraleros de Majagual is a Colombian music group from the Caribbean coast. The group, which has recorded songs in the cumbia, porro, vallenato, and other Latin genres, has received over 30 gold records. The group began in 1961 when Calixto Oc ...

along with

Lisandro Meza Lisandro Meza (El Piñal, Los Palmitos, Sucre, 26 September 1939) is a Colombian singer and accordionist. Since he started playing the accordion in 1959, Lisandro has been described as the “King of Cumbia,” “El Macho de America” (ENG: The ...

, Chico Cervantes, Cesar Castro and Calixto Ochoa. Among his musical repertoire are found hits like "Los Indios", "Los Novios", "''Ojos Indios''", "''Ojos Verdes''", "''Anhelos''" "''Cabellos Cortos''", "''Cabellos Largos''", "''Capullito de Rosa''", "''Ay Elena''" "''Festival en Guararé''". In 2000, Along with

Francisco "Pacho" Rada Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

and others artists he starred in the documentary

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from the German director

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutierrez, Alfredo 1940 births Living people Colombian accordionists Vallenato musicians 21st-century accordionists