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El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [2] Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico 's most successful musical group. [ 3 ]
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (pictured in 2011) was the first musical act to reach number one on the Tropical Albums chart in 1985. They also had the most number one albums of the 1980s with a total of five records. In June 1985, Billboard magazine established Tropical Albums (initially called Tropical/Salsa Latin Albums), a chart that ranks the best-selling tropical albums in the United ...
Roberto Roena Vázquez (January 16, 1940 – September 23, 2021) [1] was a Puerto Rican salsa music percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer. Roena was one of the original members of Cortijo y su combo and later with El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.
25th Anniversary 1962-1987 is a greatest hits album by Puerto Rican salsa band, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. The album became the group's third number-one album on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. The album was released to commemorate the band's 25th anniversary.
Salsa: El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico chronology; La Universidad de la Salsa (1983) ... In Alaska: Breaking The Ice is a 1984 album by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.
Rafael Ithier Natal [1] (born August 29, 1926) is a Puerto Rican salsa musician and the founder of the highly successful orchestra El Gran Combo. [2] Ithier was born in Río Piedras, now a part of the municipality of San Juan.
“NuevaYol,” its distinct spelling an homage to the dialect of his people, is built around a sample from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico’s salsa classic “Un Verano en Nueva York.” Salsa ...
Luis Figueroa (born September 18, 1989, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is a six-time GRAMMY-nominated Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter of the Latin pop and tropical music genres. He is known for his contributions to the salsa genre , and has been recognized as a leading voice in the movement to revitalize tropical music for new ...