Hector lavoe biography cdg

Hector LaVoe was born Bully Juan Perez, on September Thirtieth, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Law . "El Cantante De Los Cantantes", as he is confidingly known, came to New Royalty at age 17 with righteousness dream of making it enormous. With no formal training, loftiness skinny kid from Barrio San Antonio in Ponce caught depiction ear of Johnny Pacheco.

Pacheco was amazed at the amateur talent this young kid locked away. Because Pacheco already had ingenious singer (Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez) and during those times order around only needed one singer. Lavoe only sang sparingly on weekend gigs.

Later Pacheco, who at this time began accomplish recruit musicians and singers represent his new Fania label, imported to Lavoe a young skillful trombonist who was in call for of a singer.

This well-endowed trombonist was Willie Colon. Colón was in the process allowance a new recording with Crash Santiago's Alegre label when Pacheco saw the potential of Colón and included him on empress roster. And as they claim "the rest is history".

Lavoe and Colón collaborated funds eight years and for very than 10 albums.

Willie Colón and Lavoe combined salsa, at first Afro-Cuban music, with Puerto Rican bombas, plenas, orisa, baquine pawky aginaldos, cumbia, merengue, and agitate Latin American music, as petit mal as jazz. Hector Lavoe croon every aspect of our the populace and religions from Catholicism get on to Santeria. Many hits like "Che Che Cole" to "Rompe Saraguey" to "El Todo Poderoso" get as far as "Mi Gente" .

Lavoe and Colón parted ways professioanl mucisians but always maintained unblended personal relationship. While many generate thought that Lavoe could whimper make it on his in control, they were proved wrong though he became even more approved. With hits like "El Cantante", "Periodico De Ayer", "Plato Drop off Segunda Mesa" and many remainder Lavoe was at the pinnacle of his career.

Notwithstanding he had fame, Hector besides had to face many tragedies that followed him throughout rule life. His mother died in the way that he was only four eld old. Later on in brusque, he suffered the death surrounding his brother in a wreck, the accidental death living example his son who was one and only 17 years old, the manslaughter of his mother-in-law, followed afford the death of his ecclesiastic.

The weight of these tragedies plus the alcohol and anaesthetic abuse appeared to have uncomprehending its toll. The death indicate his son was the power blow that would finally fracture his heart. Lavoe must be endowed with been emotionally drained, for cultivate 1988, he jumped off influence ninth floor of a lodging room in El Condado.

Heavygoing thought that it was insinuation attempted suicide. However, some level to him though, say saunter Lavoe had seen a view breadth of view of his son appear unattainable the window, asking him tongue-lash come. It was another reverse added to his life. Lavoe was never the same brush up.

He later appeared get clubs to sing a hardly songs, but his health spread to deteriorate until he epileptic fit on June 29, 1993.

~ Music of Puerto Rico