---
name: "Compay Segundo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/compay-segundo"
roles: ["Musician"]
born: "18 November 1907"
died: "13 July 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T01:44:18.607239+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Compay Segundo

Musician. Born 18 November 1907 in Siboney, Cuba. Died 13 July 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Musician
- **Born:** 18 November 1907, Siboney, Cuba
- **Died:** 13 July 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compay_Segundo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782158/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1326545

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Buena Vista Social Club*](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md) (76)

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## Biography

Compay Segundo, born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, was a Cuban singer, guitarist and composer. He appeared as himself in the 1999 documentary film *Buena Vista Social Club*, directed by Wim Wenders.

Born in Siboney, Cuba, on 18 November 1907, he began performing in the 1920s and became known in the 1940s and 1950s as part of the duo Los Compadres. He invented the armónico, a seven-string instrument, and composed the song 'Chan Chan'. He gained international recognition in the late 1990s through the Buena Vista Social Club album and film. He died in Havana on 13 July 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999), Fi1m 76, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Compay Segundo: Live At L'olympia - Paris* (2001), Music
- *Buena Vista Social Club* (1999), Musician — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club.md)
- *Las claves de Compay Segundo* (1999), as Interviewee

## Gallery

- ![Compay Segundo](https://film.one/media/person/672805/gallery-c23561bb7882.jpg) Compay Segundo — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Cropped_image_of_Compay.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Compay Segundo at Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba. (2002)](https://film.one/media/person/672805/gallery-19ee6c443eb9.jpg) Compay Segundo at Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba. (2002) — David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Compay_Segundo_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![A picture of Compay Segundo's grave in the cemetery of Santiago de Cuba (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/672805/gallery-7577ee0b4feb.jpg) A picture of Compay Segundo's grave in the cemetery of Santiago de Cuba (2009) — Kovacic06, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Compay_secundo%27s_grave_in_santiago%27s_cemetery-Cuba-.jpg/1280px-Compay_secundo%27s_grave_in_santiago%27s_cemetery-Cuba-.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Curioso detalle de la lápida de Compay Segundo («Las flores de la vida» representan todos y cada uno de los años de su vida; 95 años)](https://film.one/media/person/672805/gallery-f236b74b48cc.jpg) Curioso detalle de la lápida de Compay Segundo («Las flores de la vida» representan todos y cada uno de los años de su vida; 95 años) — DnTrotaMundos ☮, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Curioso_detalle_de_la_l%C3%A1pida_de_Compay_Segundo_%28%C2%ABLas_flores_de_la_vida%C2%BB_representan_todos_y_cada_uno_de_los_a%C3%B1os_de_su_vida%2C_95_a%C3%B1os%29_-_panoramio.jpg/1280px-Curioso_detalle_de_la_l%C3%A1pida_de_Compay_Segundo_%28%C2%ABLas_flores_de_la_vida%C2%BB_representan_todos_y_cada_uno_de_los_a%C3%B1os_de_su_vida%2C_95_a%C3%B1os%29_-_panoramio.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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