Early life and education Freddy de Jesús Molina Daza was born on 8 August 1945 in
Patillal, in the Colombian department of
Cesar (but at that time in
Magdalena), to Eloísa Daza Hinojosa and José Amiro Molina Gutiérrez. Molina went to school in
Valledupar. He didn't graduate high school, but moved to
Bogotá to study music composition at the Luis A. Calvo Academy.
Music career Molina's compositions appeared on a record for the first time in 1966, when his songs "Los Novios" and "Indiferente" were included in a compilation album put out by Discos Orbe. His songwriting style was influenced by the Colombian artistic movement of
nadaism, which he was introduced to by
Marta Traba and
Gonzalo Arango when they attended the
Vallenato Legend Festival in 1969. In 1969 Molina was introduced to
Alfredo Gutiérrez, who went on to record several of his compositions, including "Adiós Noviazgo", "Dos Rosas", "La Verdad", "Recuerdos de Ella", and "Amor Sensible". Molina's songs have also been recorded by
Jorge Oñate with Los Hermanos López,
Héctor Lavoe,
Los Melódicos,
Roberto Torres, , Diana Burco, and
Carlos Vives. Molina won the unpublished song competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 1970 with the
paseo "El Indio Desventurado", which was later recorded by Alfredo Gutiérrez and
Diomedes Díaz. In 1973,
Armando Zabaleta won the competition with the song "No Voy a Patillal", which he wrote about Molina's death.
Death Molina died on 14 August 1972 in Patillal, after being shot in the house of his brother Aldo José. ==Notes==