Artist page

Abel Antonio Villa (Tenerife, Magdalena, October 1, 1924 - Barranquilla, June 10, 2006) was a Colombian accordion performer and composer of vallenato music. He had 15 children with nine different women. With Candelaria Anaya di Santa Inés, he had Martín Villa Anaya and Julieta Villa Anaya. With Leticia Martínez Argote, he had "El Negrito" in 1949. He had children with Teresa Urueta, María Martínez, Rosa Tilano, Matías Barrios, Dolores Sierra, Alba Serrano, and Débora Cañas, with whom he had six children: María del Tránsito Villa Cañas, Aida Luz Villa Cañas, Manuel Salvador "Salo" Villa Cañas, and Alfonso de los Milagros.