Los Reyes De La Plena

By 1927, the demise of the silent cinema led local musicians to move in great numbers to New York City. After that year, the Grupo Ponceño and later Manuel Jiménez (Canario) y su Conjunto made the first recordings of plena. Other groups like Los Reyes de la Plena, the Grupo Ponceño, Los Borinqueños, Sexteto Flores and Grupo Antillano also made strides by producing major recordings of plenas on very similar terms. Their contract with major U.S.