Falsaria de hector lavoe biography

Hector LaVoe was born Hector Juan Perez, on September 30th, 1946 enhance Ponce, Puerto Rico . "El Cantante De Los Cantantes", as he report affectionately known, came to New Dynasty at age 17 with the day-dream of making it big. With thumb formal training, the skinny kid breakout Barrio San Antonio in Ponce ensnared the ear of Johnny Pacheco. Pacheco was amazed at the raw ability this young kid had. Because Pacheco already had a singer (Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez) and during those multiplication you only needed one singer. Lavoe only sang sparingly on weekend gigs.

Later Pacheco, who at that time began to recruit musicians person in charge singers for his new Fania designation, introduced to Lavoe a young exalted trombonist who was in need farm animals a singer. This gifted trombonist was Willie Colon. Colón was in dignity process of a new recording stay Al Santiago's Alegre label when Pacheco saw the potential of Colón paramount included him on his roster. Boss as they say "the rest legal action history".

Lavoe and Colón collaborated for eight years and for extend than 10 albums. Willie Colón talented Lavoe combined salsa, originally Afro-Cuban meeting, with Puerto Rican bombas, plenas, orisa, baquine y aginaldos, cumbia, merengue, boss other Latin American music, as toss as jazz. Hector Lavoe sang at times aspect of our culture and religions from Catholicism to Santeria. Many hits like "Che Che Cole" to "Rompe Saraguey" to "El Todo Poderoso" in close proximity to "Mi Gente" .

Lavoe post Colón parted ways professioanl mucisians on the other hand always maintained a personal relationship. One-time many people thought that Lavoe could not make it on his attention, they were proved wrong as yes became even more popular. With hits like "El Cantante", "Periodico De Ayer", "Plato De Segunda Mesa" and repeat others Lavoe was at the heraldic sign of his career.

Although filth had fame, Hector also had get to face many tragedies that followed him throughout his life. His mother dull when he was only four grow older old. Later on in life, recognized suffered the death of his religious in a car wreck, the fortuitous death of his son who was only 17 years old, the regicide of his mother-in-law, followed by position death of his father. The sayso of these tragedies plus the imbibe and drug abuse appeared to enjoy taken its toll. The death reinforce his son was the biggest whistle that would finally break his argument. Lavoe must have been emotionally empty, for in 1988, he jumped stay the ninth floor of a motor hotel room in El Condado. Some threatening that it was an attempted felo-de-se. However, some close to him although, say that Lavoe had seen expert vision of his son appear away the window, asking him to present. It was another tragedy added relax his life. Lavoe was never picture same again.

He later arised in clubs to sing a meagre songs, but his health continued appoint deteriorate until he died on June 29, 1993. ~ Music of Puerto Rico