Darío de Jesús Gómez Zapata, also known as El Rey del Despecho, is a Colombian singer and composer of vals, corridos and boleros. His moniker El Rey del Despecho derives from the more than one thousands songs about heartbreaking love situations. His most well-known song is Nadie es Eterno. He was considered one of the ten best singers of the 1990s in Colombia by the TV y Novelas Magazine for his sales of more than six million copies of his 26 albums; seven as tropical artist, ten as lead singer of the duet Los Legendarios and nine as a solo artist.

Óscar Agudelo is a Colombian musician, popularly known as "El Zorzal Criollo". He is acknowledged to be the finest Colombian proponent of la canción sureña.
He was born in Fresno, Tolima in 1932. He studied in Ibagué, before developing as an artist in Pereira and Medellín. He made his debut in Girardot with the song Hojas de Calendario. There he formed a trio with the musicians Nelson Ibarra and Alfonso Medina, and from 1953 started to record discs. Between 1957 and 1960, he lived in Perú, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Although best known for la canción sureña, the tango also forms an important part of his repertory.
He lives in Bogota.

Alci Acosta is a Colombian singer, pianist, and performer of Latin American music including boleros, pasillos, corridos, valses, and rancheras.
Acosta is a hugely successful artist throughout Latin America having partnered with other notable artists such as Ecuadorian singer, Julio Jaramillo, who died in 1978.
Acosta's best-selling single to date is "Traicionera" which has sold over 1,300,000 copies across Latin America. Other notable hits are "La Cárcel De Sing Sing", "La Copa Rota", "Hola Soledad", "Tango Negro", "Señora Bonita", "El Preso Número 9", and "El Contragolpe".
Acosta has released numerous albums over his career including Tropicales Ilegales, 16 Éxitos De Oro, Mis Mejores Canciones, and Solo Hits.
Acosta is the father of singer, Checo Acosta.

José Pastor López, better known as "El Indio Pastor", is a Venezuelan singer-songwriter who works primarily in the style of Cumbia.