hector lavoe

It's "supposed suicide" because Hector Lavoe never attempted suicide by jumping from a 9th-floor hotel room. The general knowledge of the public is that Hector jumped to take his life. But in an interview with Frankie Jay, Richie Viera,…

"Cosa Nuestra" (1970), the 4th album by Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe, turned 50 and its re-release now made it to the Billboard charts. "Cosa Nuestra" #3 in Billboard A new edition of "Cosa Nuestra" was released to celebrate its 50th…

The first versions of the song "Songoro Cosongo", and the one made popular by Hector Lavoe, evolved from a literary revolution as we saw in Part 1. Here's the rest of the story. First Versions of "Songoro Cosongo" Nicolas Guillen liked…

The "Songoro Cosongo" song made popular by Hector Lavoe, had its origin in the literary revolution against the racism rampant in the Caribbean during the first decades of the 20th century. It turns out that in 1930, a Cuban poet and…

Cheo Feliciano came in top of all Salsa-Bolero singers as your favorite in the recent Latino Music Café poll. Ismael Miranda and Hector Lavoe came second and third respectively. Salsa Bolero Singer Poll Results: Part 1 of the poll was…

Since I was 12 years old, Willie Colon's "Asalto Navideño" was the 1st album I played to celebrate the arrival of the Christmas season. "Asalto Navideño": My Favorite Christmas Classic Since then, "Asalto Navideño" became my way…

"El Cantante" (The Singer) is an iconic song in Salsa and Latin music. It carried Hector Lavoe's comeback album "Comedia" and possibly elevated him from Salsa star to Salsa legend. Hector Gets Ruben Blades' Song "El Cantante" was written…

After a couple of years out of the music scene trying to get his life back in control, Héctor Lavoe made his anticipated comeback with the album "Comedia". Following his first two albums as a soloist, “La Voz” (1975) and “De Ti Depende”…

The Salsa music boom in popularity took place in the late 1960s into the early 1970s. The Latin music from urban New York had taken shape. This music combined Afro-Caribbean rhythms with jazzy brass and a contemporary urban storyline.…