Benny Moré is the greatest singer ever to emerge from Cuba, and is regarded as the benchmark for all Cuban soneros. He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master of most genres of Cuban music, such as the son montuno, mambo, guaracha, and bolero. In particular, it is unusual for a singer to be equally proficient at both the fast rhythms like guaracha and the slower rhythms, such as the bolero. He embodied the