Been born the 20 of December of 1920 in the sector of the Ceiba de Cabrera, in Moca, Antonio Morel began his studies of music in the town of Tamboril, guided by professor Federico Camejo and, years later, he learned to play the guitar with the troubador Juan Lockward.
In 1947 he founded his own orchestra, that integrated important figures of the spectacle, like the director and musician Enriquillo Sánchez and the singer Luis Vázquez. Successively other vocalists sang in the orchestra of the stature of Joseíto Mateo, Francis Santana, Lope Balaguer, Lupe Serrano, Flor de Lily, Alberto Beltrán and many other outstanding figures.
The orchestra of Antonio Morel and La Super Orquesta San José were, by the forties and fiftys, the maximum musical institutions in their sort. Antonio Morel, next to its orchestra, recorded for several record labels; among them, S. M. Mozart, Marvela and Decca, where there are registered pieces as Apágame la vela, Lamento náufrago, San Cristóbal, Mi gloria, Demasiado corazón, Arenas del desierto, No me abandones, and many others of diverse sorts, that enjoyed great popularity.


This text is taken from "Los cien músicos del siglo" and translated, published in 2000 by "Cañabrava", in Santo Domingo and written by "el Lic. Antonio Gómez Sotolongo"