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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.
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.
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.)
Vega's uncle is salsa vocalist Héctor Lavoe, while Gonzalez's father, Hector Torres, also performs salsa. [4] Vega is also the cousin of Eric Vega, a popular event creator and promoter in New York City. Louie Vega is presently married to vocalist Ana Martins, also known as Anané Vega.
He is the co-founder with his father Don Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo of the Puerto Rican band La Sonora Ponceña. He has also played and recorded with the Fania All-Stars , Hector Lavoe , Willie Colón , Celia Cruz , Johnny Pacheco , Bobby Valentín , Ismael Quintana , Gloria Estefan , Adalberto Santiago , Andy Montañez , Pablo Milanés ...
Conceived as an instructional album for aspiring musicians, his father Jose Mangaul Sr. was on the bongos, Patato Valdéz on the conga, Bobby Rodríguez on bass with Manny Oquendo on the timbales. 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.
His models were exponents of the Afro-Caribbean genre such as Héctor Lavoe and Frankie Ruiz. His musical career started by singing chorus for his father, Fonzy Cruz, who recorded three records. In 1996, the younger Cruz decided to move to Puerto Rico to be closer to his family and musical roots.
His father was a tailor, and from an early age, he was interested in music, later highlighting the music of the Puerto Rican singer Hector Lavoe as particularly influential. His father's love of music inspired him as a child, with his favorite artists, and inspirations, being Héctor Lavoe, Bob Marley, Fernando Villalona, Ismael Rivera and ...