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Hector Lavoe

real name Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez

Ponce, United States

Hector Lavoe is credited on 1,091 releases across 182 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,091

Credits

182

Albums

7

Decades active

39

In collections

Biography

Puerto Rican salsa singer, and artist.
Born: 30 September 1946 in Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Died: 29 June 1993 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (aged 46).
Salsa and bolero singer known as "El Cantante De Los Cantantes" (en: The Singer Of Singers). After moving to New York aged 17 he collaborated with Willie Colón on Johnny Pacheco's label Fania Records to produce more than 10 albums over an 8 year period until 1974, then going on to even greater fame working on his own.
Uncle of Louie Vega.

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Credited work

1,091 releases · 182 albums · active 1967–2026

  • Performance · 1,626
  • Other credits · 271
  • Production · 1

Studios: Good Vibrations Sound Studios · La Tierra Sound Studios · Bell Sound Studios · Yankee Stadium

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