so he knew that they gave him third place. The next morning he went to Valledupar to claim the award. His then-girlfriend "la Negra" Sarmiento kept the trophy they gave him as a prize, which she still keeps. the same year, Jorge Oñate and Colacho Mendoza recorded Diomedes' composition called "Razón profunda" on the album "Únicos". In the "Rey Vallenato Professional Accordion" category, the accordion player Nafer Durán was the winner, who contacted Diomedes, through the then artistic director of Codiscos Emilio Oviedo, to make a recording together. Nafer Durán (1975) One month after the Vallenato Festival, Diomedes and Náfer Durán with his accordion recorded in Medellín the LP "Herencia vallenata" under the Codiscos label, album that included the song of Diomedes' authorship "El Chanchullito", composed to his sentimental partner Patricia Acosta. Náfer included three songs made by him, "Pobre negro" "Teresita" and "La invitación". Although this musical production did not have too much success, it served to make Diomedes known has a singer. In those years, the vallenato music market was domained by Jorge Oñate, Los Hermanos López and Los hermanos Zuleta. Elberto "El Debe" López (1976-1977) Then with "El Debe" López, they recorded the LP's "Tres canciones" in 1976, and "De frente" in 1977. Diomedes initially traveled from Valledupar to Bogota, where the producer Gabriel Muñoz of CBS (now Sony Music) made him a six minutes audition with the theme "Cristina Isabel", and when he noticed Diomedes' talent, decided to contract him. For the album "Tres canciones" Diomedes included two of his songs, "Celos con rabia" and "Tres canciones". Regarding the LP "De frente", Díaz included two songs composed by him, "La pollita" and "Mi profecía". In 1977, Diomedes hired Dagoberto Suárez as his manager, who would remain in the group until 1985. This same year, Juan Piña and accordion player Juancho Rois recorded the album "El fuete", in which they included Diomedes' song "La morriña". Jorge Oñate and "Colacho" Mendoza also recorded compositions from him; the song "Noble corazón" on the album "SIlencio" and the song "Mañana primaveral" on the LP titled "En la cumbre". Juancho Rois (1978) Diomedes Díaz would achieve recognition in 1978 with the album "La locura", which he recorded with accordion player Juancho Rois, also native from the municipality of San Juan del Cesar. Diomedes recorded two songs from his authorship; "El alma en un acordeón" and "La carta"; they also included a