Interesting facts about salsa history and other random stuff….

• Hector Lavoe and Papo Luca went to high school together.
• Roberto Roena was also a baseball player.
• Fania Records was founded by Johnny Pacheco (a musician) and Jerry Masucci (a lawyer).
• Frankie Ruiz was a fan of the orchestra “La Solucion” and knew all of the songs and lyrics. One day the lead singer didn’t show up, and he stepped in - and the rest is history.
• Ruben Blades has a Master’s Law degree from Harvard University.
• Andy Montañez started out as a singer for the famous “El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico”.
• The first salsa congress was held in Puerto Rico in 1997.
• Hector Lavoe’s real name is Hector Juan Perez. However, because Hector admired Felipe Rodriguez, a famous singer of ballads who’s nickname was “La Voz” (the voice), his current promoter gave Hector his stage last name of “Lavoe”. Lavoe is a pronounciation derivative of the phrase “La Voz” that takes into account the Puerto Rican accent of pronouncing “La Voz” as “La Voh”.

Do you know any other fun facts?