{{Short description|Colombian accordionist}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = José María Ramos | birth_name = José María Ramos Rodríguez | alias = Chema Ramos, El Décimo | image = | caption = | landscape = | background = person | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|10|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Urumita, Colombia | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|09|25|1948|10|28|df=y}} | death_place = Floridablanca, Colombia | genre = Vallenato }}

'''José María Ramos Rodríguez'''{{family name footnote|Ramos|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}} (1948–2020), also known as '''Chema Ramos''', was a Colombian accordionist. He won the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 1977 at the age of 28.

==Biography== ===Early life=== Ramos was born on 28 October 1948 in Urumita, in the Colombian department of La Guajira.{{r|espectador-2020}} His grandfather was a musician, and his father José María Ramos Rojas taught him to play accordion.{{r|tiempo-2020}}

===The Vallenato Legend Festival and later career=== In 1976 Ramos won the semi-professional accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival.{{r|vcs}} In 1977 he won the professional accordionist competition, accompanied by Simón Herrera on caja and Abel Suárez on guacharaca,{{r|colombiano-2020}} defeating several competitors including Alberto Muegues, Miguel Ahumada, Ramón Vargas, Raúl "Chiche" Martínez, Rafael Salas, and Juancho Polo Valencia.{{r|radionacional-2020}} Ramos was 28 when he won, which made him the youngest winner of the competition at the time.{{r|tiempo-2020}} Because he was the tenth winner of the competition, he was given the nickname "El Décimo".{{r|heraldo-2020}}

Following his win, Ramos played in the conjunto of Carlos Lleras Araújo, and also recorded with artists including Iván Villazón, Poncho Zuleta, {{ill|Silvio Brito|es}}, and {{ill|Fabián Corrales|es}}.{{r|espectador-2020}} He later formed a group called Las Glorias del Vallenato, with whom he was still playing at the Casa de la Cultura in Valledupar in 2016.{{r|radionacional-2020|tiempo-2020}}

===Family and death=== Ramos was married to Emilia Mercedes Navarro, with whom he had six sons and one daughter.{{r|tiempo-2020}} His eldest son José María "Chemita" Ramos Navarro won the accordionist competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival in 2000.{{r|espectador-2020}} His son Edward José is an accordionist, and his son Alí José has played guacharaca with singers including Jorge Oñate, Diomedes Díaz, Fabián Corrales, and Jorge Celedón.{{r|tiempo-2020}}

Ramos died in hospital in Floridablanca on 25 September 2020.{{r|tiempo-2020}}

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==References== <references>

<ref name=espectador-2020>{{citation |url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/gente/murio-jose-maria-chema-ramos-rey-vallenato/ |title=Murió José María 'Chema' Ramos, rey vallenato |trans-title=José María 'Chema' Ramos, vallenato king, has died |language=es |work=El Espectador |date=2020-09-26 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>

<ref name=radionacional-2020>{{citation |url=https://www.radionacional.co/musica/colombia-despide-dos-grandes |title=Colombia despide a dos grandes |trans-title=Colombia bids farewell to two greats |language=es |website=Radio Nacional de Colombia |date=2020-09-28 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>

<ref name=colombiano-2020>{{citation |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/cultura/jose-maria-chema-ramos-el-rey-vallenato-de-1977-KE13710794 |title=Murió José María "Chema" Ramos, el rey vallenato de 1977 |trans-title=José María "Chema" Ramos, vallenato king of 1977, has died |language=es |work=El Colombiano |date=2020-09-26 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>

<ref name=tiempo-2020>{{citation |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/musica-y-libros/fallecio-el-rey-vallenato-1977-jose-maria-chema-ramos-539982 |title=Falleció el rey vallenato 1977, José María 'Chema' Ramos |trans-title=The 1977 vallenato king, José María 'Chema' Ramos, has died |language=es |work=El Tiempo |author=Liliana Martínez Polo |date=2020-09-25 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>

<ref name=vcs>{{cite book |title=Vallenato: Cultura y Sentimiento |publisher=Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia |location=Bogotá |year=2005 |isbn=958-8205-69-7 |author=Marcos Fidel Vega Seña |language=es |chapter=Los reyes en su reinado |pages=39–40}}</ref>

<ref name=heraldo-2020>{{citation |url=https://www.elheraldo.co/famosos/2020/09/25/murio-el-rey-vallenato-jose-maria-chema-ramos/ |title=Murió el Rey Vallenato José María 'Chema' Ramos |trans-title=Vallenato king José María 'Chema' Ramos has died |language=es |work=El Heraldo |author=Jonathan Diaz |date=2020-09-26 |access-date=2025-06-16}}</ref>

</references>

==External links== *{{discogs artist|artist=6389040-Chema-Ramos|name=Chema Ramos}}

{{Vallenato Legend Festival}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Jose Maria}} Category:1948 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Colombian accordionists Category:Vallenato musicians Category:People from La Guajira Department