Lorenzo Palacios Quispe

Chacalón was born in one of the squatter settlements (Barriadas or Pueblos Jóvenes) of Lima, from a migrant family from Ayacucho, the poorest department of Peru. Lorenzo grew up in the urban hill of San Cosme in the district La Victoria under very poor conditions. His father Lorenzo Huaypacusi Palacios, whom Palacios never became acquainted with, was a dancer. His mother Olimpia Quispe was a singer. He was raised by her mother and his stepfather Silverio Escalante since he was two years old. He had fourteen half-brothers and sisters. Chacalón lived under extreme poverty and surrounded by the alcoholism of his mother. At that time he and his brother used to sing on the streets of Lima for money.

It is not clear how he earned the name "Chacalon". It is said that his younger brother was known as Chacalito (little Jackal); and therefore, him being older, became Chacalon (Big Jackal)

His first appearances were in 1965. To improve the economic situation of his family, he also worked as shoemaker assistant.

In 1968, his wife Dora gave birth to their first child, a baby-girl who received the name Esther. Chacalón and his wife would be married four years after this. Chacalón reached and enjoyed the largest successes of his artistic career with his band La Nueva Crema (The New Cream).

Some of his most well-known titles were:

• Soy provinciano (I am from the Provinces)
• Viento (Wind)
• Por que la quiero (Because I love her)
• Pagarás algún día (One day you will pay)
• Mi dolor (My pain)
• Ven mi amor (Come my Love)
• Cruz marcada (Marked cross)
• Por ella, la botella (For her, the (alcoholic drink) bottle)
• Triste y abandonado (Sad and abandoned)

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