Artist
José Barros
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
Appears on
La Piragua
1969
Ranked No. 4 in 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.