Arbolito de navidad hector lavoe biography

Biography:

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (30 September 1946 – 29 June 1993),^[3] better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Ricansalsa singer.^[4] 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.

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His personality, style and the qualities of his voice led him to a successful artistic career in the whole field of Latin music and salsa during the 1970s and 1980s. The cleanness and brightness of his voice, coupled with impeccable diction and the ability to sing long and fast phrases with total naturalness, made him one of the favorite singers of the Latin public.^[5][6]

Lavoe was born and raised in the Machuelo Abajobarrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Early in his life, he attended Escuela Libre de Música de Ponce, known today as the Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos^[7] and, inspired by Jesús Sánchez Erazo