# José Barros — Every Record We Rank

José Barros appears once in our Cumbia list, placing as high as No. 4. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Cumbia
- **Year:** 1969
- **Highest placing:** No. 4 in Cumbia
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/jose-barros/

## Appears on

### [La Piragua](https://waxonia.com/track/jose-barros--la-piragua/)

*1969 · No. 4 in [Cumbia](https://waxonia.com/genre/cumbia/)*

A boat, a river and a man remembering both. Barros wrote it about the Magdalena, and it is the most literary lyric the form has.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Jos%C3%A9%20Barros%20La%20Piragua) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji_Wm_elSko)

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