This 2022 Los Corraleros de Majagual celebrate their 60th Aniversary, the oldest band from Discos Fuentes. From generation to generation this group has maintained the original legacy of its founder, Don Antonio Fuentes. Today Los Corraleros is formed by the three sons of the great Alfredo Gutiérrez, one of the originals of Corraleros.
From Cartagena, Colombia to the world, the group, which has recorded songs in the cumbia, porro, vallenato, and other Latin genres, has received over 30 gold records.
The group began in 1961 when Calixto Ochoa and Alfredo Gutiérrez met with Antonio Fuentes Estrada, owner of the Discos Fuentes record label. The group proposed a project of folk music in a rural context based on the accordion and the guacharaca. Fuentes named the group Los Corraleros de Majagual.
Over the years, the size of the group expanded, and "many of Colombia's biggest cumbia stars earned their stripes" playing with the Corraleros. In its larger configurations, the band "featured plenty of brass and percussion and generous helpings of high-octane squeeze box.