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La Voz (The Voice) is the debut solo album by Héctor Lavoe, It was released on 1975 under the label of Fania Records. It had two major hits on Latin America and U.S. : "El Todopoderoso" and " Mi Gente ".
Wilfredo "Willie" Buendia Revillame [2] (Tagalog: [wɪlˌpɾɛː.do bwɛnˌdiː.ɐ ɾɛˌbiːl.jɐˈmɛ]; born January 27, 1961), [3] is a Filipino television host ...
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (September 30, 1946 – June 29, 1993), [3] better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. [4] Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa music because he helped to establish the popularity of this musical genre in the decades of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Crime Pays is a vintage collection of Willie Colón's early lounge recordings from the late 1960s and early 1970s mainly with Héctor Lavoe, including Guajirón, El Titán, Que Lío and Eso Se Baila Así. [3]
Colón hired Puerto Rican musician Yomo Toro to play cuatro on the album, which gave a boost to his career. [1] John Bush of AllMusic noted that Toro's presence on the album gave it a jíbaro feel, which "any Puerto Rican native or person with heritage would recognize and appreciate during the Christmas season".
In 1975 he played bongo on Hector Lavoe's album La Voz. When Hector Lavoe set off on his solo career, José Mangual Jr. became Lavoe's musical director. In 1977, Mangual started the record label, True Ventures Inc.. The first LP was A Tribute to Chano Pozo. The album features "Campanero" and "Cuero ‘Na Ma" – which has been covered by ...
The directors of the Fania label decided to reunite the Colón-Lavoe duo, who had achieved success in previous years. The songs did not go on sale that year due to Jerry Masucci's ambitious proposal to first release the film The Last Fight , starring Rubén Blades and Willie Colón, which would practically cost him the salsa empire created ...
(If you don't buy this LP)", is the eighth studio album of Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe issued in 1973 by Fania Records. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was the fourth of Colón and Lavoe's records to go gold, after Cosa Nuestra (1970), La Gran Fuga (1971), and El Juicio (1972).