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Héctor Lavoe

エクトル・ラボー　/　えくとる・らぼー

American singer

September 30, 1946 – June 29, 1993　・　Ponce, United States

singer
composer
record producer

My Take

To me, Héctor Lavoe simply is salsa's beating heart. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, he was central to pushing the genre across the globe through the '60s, '70s, and '80s, and that voice, conversational yet soaring, still raises the hair on my arms. He wrote, produced, and sang, a complete artist, which makes losing him at 47 sting all the more. His was a life of bright peaks and deep shadows, and you can hear every bit of that chiaroscuro bleeding into the music. The fact that his name surfaces every single time salsa is discussed is the surest proof of a true legend.

Overview

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (September 30, 1946 – June 29, 1993), better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Widely regarded as one of salsa's most important and influential vocalists, Lavoe played a pivotal role in popularizing the genre throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Héctor Lavoe
Name (Japanese): エクトル・ラボー
Reading: えくとる・らぼー
Born: September 30, 1946 – June 29, 1993
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dog
Origin: Ponce, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 2 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / composer / record producer / musician / songwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.hectorlavoe.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC

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