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Héctor Lavoe

Sep 30, 1946 - Jun 29, 1993 (46 years old) in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa music because he helped to establish the popularity of this musical genre in the decades of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Known For

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The Last Fight
Self
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Salsa
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Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Self (archive footage)
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Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Self
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Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974
Himself
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From Son to Salsa
(archive footage)
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Héctor Lavoe: Historias Verdaderas
Himself

Credits