Héctor Lavoe
September 30, 1946 (78 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
Credits
- 2021 · Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Héctor Lavoe: Historias Verdaderas as Himself
- 1997 · From Son to Salsa as (archive footage)
- 1993 · Fania All Stars: Live In Africa 1974 as Himself
- 1983 · The Last Fight as Self
- 1976 · Salsa as
- 1972 · Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) as Self