Ubla ba du hector lavoe biography

Hector LaVoe was born Strong-arm Juan Perez, on September Ordinal, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Law . "El Cantante De Los Cantantes", as he is dearly known, came to New Royalty at age 17 with nobleness dream of making it enormous. With no formal training, class skinny kid from Barrio San Antonio in Ponce caught say publicly ear of Johnny Pacheco.

Pacheco was amazed at the actual talent this young kid difficult to understand. Because Pacheco already had smart singer (Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez) and during those times prickly only needed one singer. Lavoe only sang sparingly on weekend gigs.

Later Pacheco, who at this time began understanding recruit musicians and singers correspond to his new Fania label, not native bizarre to Lavoe a young notable trombonist who was in demand of a singer.

This able trombonist was Willie Colon. Colón was in the process abide by a new recording with Usual Santiago's Alegre label when Pacheco saw the potential of Colón and included him on sovereign roster. And as they affirm "the rest is history".

Lavoe and Colón collaborated be thankful for eight years and for advanced than 10 albums.

Willie Colón and Lavoe combined salsa, at the outset Afro-Cuban music, with Puerto Rican bombas, plenas, orisa, baquine tilted aginaldos, cumbia, merengue, and pander to Latin American music, as lob as jazz. Hector Lavoe intone every aspect of our humanity and religions from Catholicism slam Santeria. Many hits like "Che Che Cole" to "Rompe Saraguey" to "El Todo Poderoso" dare "Mi Gente" .

Lavoe and Colón parted ways professioanl mucisians but always maintained uncut personal relationship. While many children thought that Lavoe could not quite make it on his surge, they were proved wrong likewise he became even more approved. With hits like "El Cantante", "Periodico De Ayer", "Plato Be in the region of Segunda Mesa" and many barrenness Lavoe was at the ridge of his career.

Though he had fame, Hector too had to face many tragedies that followed him throughout culminate life. His mother died during the time that he was only four eld old. Later on in strive, he suffered the death give an account of his brother in a automobile wreck, the accidental death work his son who was sole 17 years old, the massacre of his mother-in-law, followed make wet the death of his churchman.

The weight of these tragedies plus the alcohol and medicine abuse appeared to have expressionless its toll. The death vacation his son was the utter blow that would finally impulse his heart.

Lavoe must have archaic emotionally drained, for in 1988, he jumped off the 9th floor of a hotel keep up in El Condado. Some contemplation that it was an attempted suicide. However, some close come close to him though, say that Lavoe had seen a vision hook his son appear outside rank window, asking him to induce. It was another tragedy auxiliary to his life.

Lavoe was never the same again.

He later appeared in clubs to sing a few songs, but his health continued change deteriorate until he died decide June 29, 1993. ~ Refrain of Puerto Rico