Rigo Tovar

Rigo Tovar emerged among Mexico’s earliest leading figures in the cumbia movement, fronting his group Costa Azul through several successes that included the songs “Mi Matamoros Querido” and “Lamento de Amor.” Shifting focus to a solo path afterward, he set a new Rio Santa Catarina attendance benchmark in Monterrey by attracting more than 40,000 listeners to one concert. Health concerns led him to step away during the 1980s, though he resurfaced in 1989 by delivering two albums on the BMG/U.S. Latin imprint. Further releases appeared throughout the 1990s on the Fonovisa label, among them various compilations such as the 1994 collection 15 Exitosas Tropicales.