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?
Bloch is carried here as well,...
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not HS…i think maybe elementary or some sort of music acadademy ..Harvard not Hardvard..heheh…
I read that Eddie Palmieri helped get La India her start in the music business.