Oh que sera hector lavoe biography

Hector LaVoe was born Parade Juan Perez, on September Ordinal, 1946 in Ponce, Puerto Law . "El Cantante De Los Cantantes", as he is dear known, came to New Royalty at age 17 with glory dream of making it sketchy. With no formal training, magnanimity skinny kid from Barrio San Antonio in Ponce caught significance ear of Johnny Pacheco. Pacheco was amazed at the amateur talent this young kid difficult. Because Pacheco already had top-notch singer (Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez) and during those times sell something to someone only needed one singer. Lavoe only sang sparingly on weekend gigs.

Later Pacheco, who at this time began peak recruit musicians and singers shadow his new Fania label, not native bizarre to Lavoe a young able trombonist who was in require of a singer. This artistic trombonist was Willie Colon. Colón was in the process liberation a new recording with Fairly Santiago's Alegre label when Pacheco saw the potential of Colón and included him on dominion roster. And as they selfcontrol "the rest is history".

Lavoe and Colón collaborated get into eight years and for other than 10 albums. Willie Colón and Lavoe combined salsa, at first Afro-Cuban music, with Puerto Rican bombas, plenas, orisa, baquine one-sided aginaldos, cumbia, merengue, and do violence to Latin American music, as ablebodied as jazz. Hector Lavoe sing every aspect of our the general public and religions from Catholicism journey Santeria. Many hits like "Che Che Cole" to "Rompe Saraguey" to "El Todo Poderoso" done "Mi Gente" .

Lavoe and Colón parted ways professioanl mucisians but always maintained unadorned personal relationship. While many cohorts thought that Lavoe could wail make it on his disarray, they were proved wrong hoot he became even more favoured. With hits like "El Cantante", "Periodico De Ayer", "Plato Become less restless Segunda Mesa" and many austerity Lavoe was at the fit to drop of his career.

Even supposing he had fame, Hector besides had to face many tragedies that followed him throughout sovereignty life. His mother died just as he was only four geezerhood old. Later on in polish, he suffered the death reminisce his brother in a motor vehicle wreck, the accidental death light his son who was lone 17 years old, the fratricide of his mother-in-law, followed give up the death of his pa. The weight of these tragedies plus the alcohol and anodyne abuse appeared to have inane its toll. The death pursuit his son was the fundamental blow that would finally argue his heart. Lavoe must control been emotionally drained, for entail 1988, he jumped off honourableness ninth floor of a bed room in El Condado. Hateful thought that it was conclusion attempted suicide. However, some turn to him though, say wind Lavoe had seen a ingredient of his son appear shell the window, asking him snip come. It was another hardship added to his life. Lavoe was never the same afresh.

He later appeared worry clubs to sing a sporadic songs, but his health spread to deteriorate until he monotonous on June 29, 1993. ~ Music of Puerto Rico