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They adopted the name Puya in 1994, which is Spanish for "sharp point", [4] but is also a popular type of Puerto Rican coffee. [5] Puya was the first Puerto Rican rock band to achieve a high level of international success. [6] In 1995, Puya released their self-titled debut album under the Noiz Boiz label, but did not sign with the label. [5]
Salsa is another genre whose form derived from the Cuban/Puerto Rican melding of the genre, especially Cuban dance music of the 1950s—but which in the 1960s–70s became an international genre, cultivated with special zeal and excellence in Puerto Rico and by Puerto Ricans in New York City.
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 ...
Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz are a Puerto Rican musical duo, consisting of Ricardo "Richie" Ray and Roberto "Bobby" Cruz. [1] The duo was formed in 1963 and rose to fame in the mid-1960s. They are one of the most famous interpreters of 'salsa brava' music. The duo is well known for helping to establish the popularity of salsa music in the 1970s and ...
hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, jazz, jazz fusion, progressive rock, and salsa. Dates: scheduled: April 1–3, 1972, but ran over to April 4: Location(s) Manatí, Puerto Rico (at the time, that area was mistakenly thought to be part of Vega Baja) Founders: Alex Cooley: Attendance: 35,000: Website: marysol-festival.com
Puerto Rican singer and musician Lalo Rodríguez, best known for his salsa megahit “Ven devórame otra vez“ (Come devour me again) has died. Lalo Rodríguez, who helped popularize salsa music ...
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.
The history of La Sonora Ponceña is the history of Quique Lucca (December 12, 1912 – October 9, 2016), who was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico. In 1928, when he was 16 years old, his family moved to Ponce, Puerto Rico and Quique started to work as an auto mechanic and started playing the guitar. In 1932 he met Angélica Quiñones, the future ...