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[17] Lavoe's first son, José Alberto Pérez, was born on October 30, 1968. [17] On the night José was baptized, Héctor received a call informing him that Nilda "Puchi" Román, with whom he also had a relationship during the same period he was with Castro, was pregnant. [17] Héctor's second son, Héctor Pérez Jr. was born on September 25 ...
The film is based on the life of the late salsa singer Héctor Lavoe, who is portrayed by Anthony. [2] The film is told from the viewpoint of Puchi, Hector's wife, portrayed by Lopez. Initially debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2006, El Cantante was released on August 3, 2007.
Héctor Lavoe, Salsa and Bolero singer. Credited with starting the salsa movement in the early 1970s in collaboration with The Fania All-Stars. "Lunna", Pop and Jazz singer. Director of the TV show "Objetivo Fama". Ednita Nazario, Pop and rock singer. Has recorded over 50 albums, DVDs, and compilations. Ismael Quintana, Salsa singer and composer.
Reventó has been called "a solid album in the classic New York salsa style". [1] According to Lavoe's biographer Marc Shapiro, the album was critically acclaimed upon release, although "it was not hailed as a landmark or breakthrough Héctor Lavoe album"; he goes on to say that it further established Lavoe as a talented, legitimate singer.
Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), writer; her works, among which is the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States; [124] [125] in 1973, became the first Hispanic woman in modern times to have her literary works published by the major commercial publishing houses ...
Lavoe recorded it that same year, and it became both a big hit and Lavoe's signature song; a biographical film about Lavoe took the same title. (The film El Cantante, starring executive producer Marc Anthony and then wife Jennifer López, told a fictionalized version of this story, in which Blades tells Lavoe he wrote the song for him.)
Pleytez was 20 years old and pregnant when she and another suspect, 15-year-old Lombardo Palacios, were arrested and charged with the killing of Hector Flores in East Hollywood back in 2007.
"El Cantante" is the 1978 signature song of Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe and first single of the album Comedia. The song was written by Rubén Blades and produced by Willie Colón. [1] The 2006 movie about Lavoe's life, El Cantante, takes its title from the song.