Mexican cumbia singer and band leader
She died August 9, 2011 in Mexico-City
In the decade of the 60 Mexico saw birth to a star; Carmen Rivero that would illuminate the music scene over more than four decades.Carmen with her inseparable and eternal husband Manuel Díaz "Manzanita" (RIP) managed to revolutionize the tropical music in Mexico by taking from Colombia: the cumbia.
In the 80s was recognized in the book of the Guinness Record as one of the three greatest musical phenomena of recent times sharing credits with Sarita Montiel and "El Último Cuplé", Michael Jackson with "Thriller" and Carmen Rivero with "La Pollera Colorá ".
