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Ramón Ayala's Birth Certificate Says Covarrubias, Not Ayala
Say the name Ramón Ayala anywhere norteño music plays, and the recognition is instant. He's the King of the Accordion, the man behind "Un Rinconcito en el Cielo," a six-decade catalog that turned him into the defining voice of the genre on both sides of the border. The man on his birth certificate isn't the man who built any of it. Ramón Ayala, the musician everyone assumes is Ramón Ayala, was born Ramón Covarrubias Garza on December 8, 1945, in Monterrey, Nuevo León. He was

Maria Salinas
Jul 213 min read
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