Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz (English: Yesterday Was Kumbia Kings, Today Is Kumbia All Starz) is the debut studio album by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia All Starz and the fifth studio album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on October 3, 2006, by EMI Latin. The fan edition was released on October 2, 2007. It has all the songs from the standard edition plus two more tracks and the music videos for "Chiquilla", "Parece Que Va a Llover", and "Speedy Gonzales".
Track listing
Notes "Anoche No Dormí" is a Spanish-language cover of "Another Sleepless Night", a 1959 song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka, recorded by Sedaka, and recorded and released as a single by Jimmy Clanton in 1960 "Mamacita Dónde Está Santa Claus" first appeared on Navidad con Amigos 2006, released on December 1, 2006, and re-released on Navidad con Amigos 2007 on November 30, 2007. The music video was released on the Navidad con Amigos DVD on September 18, 2007.
Personnel
Kumbia All Starz A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, composer, producer Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas – vocals Ricardo "Ricky Rick" Ruiz Pérez – vocals Roque Morales Diosdado – vocals Memo Morales Diosdado – vocals Chris Pérez – guitar Nick Banda – keyboards Joey Jiménez – drums Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards, arranger, engineer "El Animal" Noe "Gipper" Nieto, Jr. – accordion Luigi Giraldo – keyboards, producer, arranger, engineer, A&R, vocal director
Additional musicians Marcello Azevedo – guitar, percussion, programming, vocals, producer, bass Alberto Barros – trombone, arranger, producer Veve Calasans – percussion, vocals Manuel Calderón – A&R John DiPuccio – violin Robert "LB" Dorsey – mixing Sayyd Droullard – assistant Rafael Elvira – violin Scott Flavin – violin Orlando J. Forte – violin Javier Garza – mixing Sergio George – piano, arranger, producer, mixing Chris Glansdorp – cello Henry Gomez – vihuela Douglas Guevara – percussion Kiddo – DJ Dina Kostic – violin Isaias Leckler – Bass Juan Cristobal Losada – engineer Federico Mendez – guitar José Antonio Molina – arranger, string direction John Mydrycs – mixing Aquiles Priester – percussion Joe Reyes – guitar Silvio Richetto – vocals, engineer Reuben Rodriguez – bass Guillermo Sanchez – percussion, guira Arturo Sandoval – trumpet Tony Seepersad – violin SP & JKey – producer Dante Vargas – trumpet Robert Vilera – percussion Orlando Vitto – studio assistant Mariusz Wojtowica – violin
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2006)PeakpositionUS Billboard 20068US Billboard Top Latin Albums2US Billboard Latin Pop Albums1
Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionUS Billboard Top Latin Albums54US Billboard Latin Pop Albums20 Chart (2007)PositionUS Billboard Top Latin Albums20US Billboard Latin Pop Albums10
Certifications and sales
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