Probably, when Walter Chunga and Milton Fiestas coordinated the musical arrangements to adapt a Mexican song from the grupero genre, they never imagined the success it would have, but what they were very clear about was that the song fit perfectly in the heartbreaking voice of Carlos Burgos.
At the beginning of 2022, the Mexican José Gómez Castelo composed the song 'Party in two' for his friend and also singer Chuy Lizárraga. The song caught on so quickly that it became one of the most requested in the regional genre artist's presentations.
It was not the first time that Walter Chunga, director and owner of The Only Tropical, he listened to group songs to adapt them together with his friend and musical arranger Milton Fiestas, in the style of the Sechuran orchestra. Before he had already done it with 'Qué adiós' by the Banda Clave Nueva or 'Ya no te searché' by the Arrolladora Banda El Limón.
When Walter and Milton had the arrangements ready to record the new production, they were convinced that 'Partido en dos' should be recorded with the unmistakable voice of Carlos Burgosthat singer who has accompanied the Chunga Anton family since before 2007.
The story of Carlos Burgos and La Única Tropical is one that seems difficult to happen in the world of cumbia, a genre in which singers parade through different orchestras normally. Even though he has had different proposals from other musical groups, he remains in the orchestra with the same emotion, as when he recorded 'When you fall in love' in 2007.
It is not the first success that the Piura orchestra has had at the national level. Previous years they did the same with 'I've lost a heart', 'In love and hurt', 'If this house could talk' and 'What a goodbye'. However, the striking thing about 'Partido en dos' is that it only took 3 weeks on the radio to be chosen 'the cumbia of the summer' by a local station.
The path for the group has not been easy in previous years. The first time they came to Lima, in 2000, barely 20 people attended their show, all of them friends of Mercedes Chunga, Walter's father and ship captain, who did not hesitate to finance her son's musical group after he I asked for it.
Throughout all these years, the orchestra has chosen to speak with its own work and avoid scandals. Thus, a low profile is the premise of Chunga Anton. Perhaps that was the reason when they decided to no longer have a female voice in the group, feeling that the promoters only placed the singer's photo of her or refused to pay them the full contract if she was absent due to health. Although not having a singer could have a negative effect on the followers, they took a risk and time proved them right.
'Sold out' in El Huaralino next to Armonía 10
In the midst of the success of 'Party in two', La Única Tropical is getting ready for its presentation next Tuesday, April 30 at the El Huaralino Internacional complex in Los Olivos, next to the Piura orchestra Armonía 10. The public's expectation has been so great that in just a few days all the tickets that were sold were sold out. for sale through digital channels.
That same day, but alongside Nickol Sinchi, the group appears at the Sarita Colonia Market, in San Juan de Lurigancho.
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