From there we found other rhythm tracks and now we happily enjoy the boleros as well. Mor 's importance in the story of Cuban music is no less than Sinatra's to American pop. The problem for non-Spanish speaking fans is the lack of documentation in English on the Latin greats. Latin CDs are notorious for their lack of liner notes. Recording dates and personnel listings are rare.
Biographies are almost non-existent.
We contacted author Hilda Alvarez to provide some perspective on Beny Mor when we were still publishing the print version of MrLucky and she graciously provided us with the following biographical sketch. He was an extroverted illiterate, always showing the charisma that would accompany him throughout his life, and he was happy in spite of the abject poverty in which he grew up. It was all he knew. As a child he taught himself the guitar and would sing at parties, gatherings and Afro-Cuban religious ceremonies. After living in Santa Isabel de las Lajas during his early years, he eventually went to the province of Camag ey where he worked in the sugar mills, often singing boleros or sones to pass the time.