Pedro Calvo Rojas

Popular Cuban singer who for several years was a member of the orchestra Los Van Van, today Director of his own group Pedrito Calvo y la Nueva Justicia.

Pedrito Calvo, or simply Pedrito, is a charismatic singer born in Guanabacoa who started in 1957 in an amateur television program; but it is not until the 1960s that he began his professional career in his father's orchestra.

From this moment on, other groups had him in their ranks: "La Riviera", "Los Jóvenes del filin", "La orquesta de Julio Valdés", until he arrived at "Juan Formell y Los Van Van", where he remained for around 30 years. Pedrito Calvo's time with Los Van Van marked an era.

Pedro Calvo has a charismatic personality, a unique style of singing, which often includes clever wordplay. He has a thick black and white mustache, with a unique and elegant personality and wears a hat at each performance that distinguishes him as a characteristic feature.

His ventures into film have demonstrated that he is not only capable of interpreting all genres of Cuban music, but can also perform comfortably in the performing arts as an actor. His qualities as a dancer are evident every time he takes the stage.

He has traveled throughout the country and audiences from diverse locations have danced and sung along to the songs he performs at each presentation. Among them stand out Canada, the United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Spain, France, Italy, to name just a few.

Pedrito has been a guest artist with Afro Cuban All Stars, by Juan de Marcos, NG La Banda, by José Luis Cortes. "El tosco" Pupy y Los que Son Son, La Charanga Habanera, by David Calzado La Ritmo Oriental, Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco and Sur Caribe by Ricardo Leiva. The Grammy Award with "Juan Formell y Los Van Van", has been the highest distinction received by this musician in his almost 40 years of artistic life.

In 2002 he decides to form his own orchestra and begin a new stage in his professional career. In this way he brings together a group of musicians and forms a group that under the name of La Justicia, accompany his work as a singer.

With a characteristic seal and rich Cuban flavor, "Pedrito Calvo y La Justicia", bursts onto the Cuban musical scene with a well-defined objective: to make everyone who hears him perform dance with delight through the most diverse genres of Cuban music, which is inserted, by its own right, into the international sphere, demonstrating that the rhythms of the island are accepted by all audiences.

One of the popular legends about Pedrito is the number of children he has. The singer recently confessed in an interview to being the father of 21 children.

Discography
De Aquí P'allá
Aquí El Que Baila Gana El Negro Palmao De Aquí P'Allá Loco De Amor El Que Tiene Un Pollo La copa rota Dime Lo Que Tengo Que Cuadrar Mi mulata Si Te Van A Dar El Cheque

¡Apúrate Bailador...!
1- El Cochino 2- Que Mala Suerte 3- Esa Mujer 4- A Toda Cuba Le Gusta 5- Hoy Puede Ser Un Gran Día 6- Mi Caballito 7- Ay Patricia 8- Ay Patricia 9- Esperanza Mía 10- La Pícara 11- Melodía Del Arrabal 12- Mi Chocolate

50 Años
Disc 1 1- Marilú 2- Consejo 3- El negro no tiene ná 4- Será que se acabó 5: Pedrito

Disc 2 1- El negro no tiene ná 2- La niña de los ojos color café 3- Se muere la tía 4- Consejo 5- Marilú 6- Recaditos no 7- Se acabó el querer 8- Música para la muchacha 9- Eso que anda 10- Será que se acabó

Te La Tenia Escondida
1- Como les gusta 2- Sólo pido amor 3- Se acabó el querer 4- Esta vida loca 5- A media luz 6- Soledad 7- Que no, que no 8- La Habana no aguanta más 9- La americana 10- Para llegar tan alto 11- El carnicero 12- Te la tenía escondida.

Vengo Con la Justicia
1- Guantanamo 2- Esa Boquita 3- El Fotingo de Caridad 4- Que Le Den Candela 5- Un Montón De Estrellas 6- Como Les Gusta 7- El negro está cocinando 8- Esa Cosita Es Mia 9- Sábado Sensaciona 10- Te La Tenía Escondida 11- Que no, Que No 12- Santiago De Cuba

Ayer Y Siempre
1- Déjenme en paz 2- Sabor a mí 3- Qué es lo que pasa 4- Que te vaya bien 5- Tenía que ser así 6- Mentiras tuyas 7- Las cuarenta 8- Levántate 9- Lo mismo que a usted 10- Un poco más 11- Negrura 12- Compasión