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Compay Segundo

Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

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Born
November 18, 1907
Died
July 13, 2003
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1907

About Compay Segundo

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay Segundo also invented the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument, to fill the harmonic jump between the Spanish guitar and the tres. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno.

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The world when Compay Segundo was born

Compay Segundo was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Compay Segundo's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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